The Man Who Laughs

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

Cast

Conrad Veidt

as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie

Mary Philbin

as Dea

Cesare Gravina

as Ursus

Brandon Hurst

as Barkilphedro

Olga Baclanova

as Duchess Josiana

Sam De Grasse

as King James II

Stuart Holmes

as Lord Dirry-Moir

Josephine Crowell

as Queen Anne

Julius Molnar

as Young Gwynplaine

Károly Huszár

as Innkeeper

Reviews

CinemaSerf

When King James VII (& II) (Sam De Grasse) decides to take revenge on one of his treacherous nobles, he visits the most abhorrent of gifts on his young son. A grin. Cut into his face so that he may always be able to laugh at the thought of his father's betrayals! Pretty swiftly, that king is deposed...

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