Waxworks
Waxworks ★★★ 1924
A major achievement in German Expressionism, in which a poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that involve Jack the Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-Rashid. Influential and considered ahead of its time. Silent. 63m/B VHS, DVD . GE William Dieterle, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, John Gottowt, Olga Belajeff; D: Paul Leni; W: Henrik Galeen.
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