Film · 1928
110 min · Directed by Paul Leni
THE BREAKING HEART BEHIND THE LAUGHING FACE.
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.
Conrad Veidt
Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
Mary Philbin
Dea
Cesare Gravina
Ursus
Brandon Hurst
Barkilphedro
Olga Baclanova
Duchess Josiana
Sam De Grasse
King James II
Stuart Holmes
Lord Dirry-Moir
Josephine Crowell
Queen Anne
Julius Molnar
Young Gwynplaine
Károly Huszár
Innkeeper
Deno Fritz
Sword Swallower
Delmo Fritz
Henry A. Barrows
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Richard Bartlett
Charles Brinley
Les Bates
Carmen Castillo
Dea's Mother (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
D'Arcy Corrigan
Carrie Daumery
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Howard Davies
Nick De Ruiz
Wapentake (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Gypsy Hag (uncredited)
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