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The Man Who Laughs

Cast

Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova, Brandon Hurst View All

Crew

Paul Leni (Director), Charles E. Whittaker (Writer), J. Grubb Alexander (Writer), Walter Anthony (Writer) View All

Release: Apr. 27th, 1928

Runtime: 1 hour, 50 minutes

Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.

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And in the last chase scene when Gwynplaine is trapped in a castle looking tower, the crane shot of him looking down at the pursuing crowd below from atop of the buildings pinnacle, reminded me of the same scene with Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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