Waxworks
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.
Cast
Emil Jannings
as Harun al Raschid
Conrad Veidt
as Ivan the Terrible
William Dieterle
as The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince
Werner Krauss
as Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
Olga Belajeff
as Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
John Gottowt
as Owner of the Waxworks
Georg John
as Owner of the Panoptikums
Ernst Legal
as Poison-Maker of the Czar
Paul Biensfeldt
as Grand Vizier
Reviews
CinemaSerf
There is more than a little of the "Dr. Caligari" (1921) to this compendium of three stories. Visually very similar in style, with angular - seemingly disjointed and out of scale sets and wonderfully targeted use of lighting serves to augment these episodes. A waxworks provides that environment wher...
