L'uomo che ride (1928)
Londra di fine '700. Un piccolo orfano dal volto sfigurato e dal ghigno perenne, Gwynpaline, vive passando di fiera in fiera insieme al fidato Ursus, a una bambina cieca, Dea, e al cane Homo. La sfortunata compagnia va avanti proponendolo come fenomeno da baraccone finché il ragazzo, cresciuto (Conrad Veidt), non scopre di essere figlio di un aristocratico. Ma in una dura requisitoria contro la nobiltà tenuta alla Camera dei Lord, Gwynpaline rinnega le proprie origini e sceglie di tornare alla sua vita con i fedeli amici di sempre che nel frattempo sono stati messi al bando.
Direttore: Paul Leni
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Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie |
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Mary Philbin as Dea |
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Cesare Gravina as Ursus |
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Brandon Hurst as Barkilphedro |
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Olga Baclanova as Duchess Josiana |
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Sam De Grasse as King James II |
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Stuart Holmes as Lord Dirry-Moir |
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Josephine Crowell as Queen Anne |
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Julius Molnar as Young Gwynplaine |
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Károly Huszár as Innkeeper |
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Deno Fritz as Sword Swallower |
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Delmo Fritz as Sword Swallower |
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Henry A. Barrows as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Richard Bartlett as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Charles Brinley as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Les Bates as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Carmen Castillo as Dea's Mother (uncredited) |
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Allan Cavan as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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D'Arcy Corrigan as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Carrie Daumery as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
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Howard Davies as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Nick De Ruiz as Wapentake (uncredited) |
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Louise Emmons as Gypsy Hag (uncredited) |
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J.C. Fowler as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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John George as Dwarf (uncredited) |
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Jack A. Goodrich as Clown (uncredited) |
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Charles Hancock as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Lila LaPon as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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George Marion as Man at Chatham Prison (uncredited) |
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Torben Meyer as The Spy (uncredited) |
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Joe Murphy as Hardquanones Messenger (uncredited) |
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Edgar Norton as Lord High Chancellor (uncredited) |
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Broderick O'Farrell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Lon Poff as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Frank Puglia as Clown (uncredited) |
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Henry Roquemore as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Templar Saxe as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Allan Sears as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Scott Seaton as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Louis Stern as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Al Stewart as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Antonín Vaverka as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| Writing | Victor Hugo | Novel |
| Directing | Paul Leni | Director |
| Writing | J. Grubb Alexander | Adaptation |
| Writing | Bela Sekely | Story Supervisor |
| Editing | Maurice Pivar | Supervising Film Editor |
| Directing | J. Grubb Alexander | Continuity |
| Production | Paul Kohner | Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Edward L. Cahn | Editor |
| Camera | Gilbert Warrenton | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Erno Rapee | Music |
| Sound | William Axt | Music |
| Art | Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Writing | Walter Anthony | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Cox | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Art | Thomas F. O'Neill | Art Direction |
| Production | Carl Laemmle | Producer |
| Sound | Sam Perry | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | May McLean | Writer |
| Writing | Marion Ward | Writer |
| Writing | Charles E. Whittaker | Writer |
| Art | Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
