(1924) Directed by Paul Leni; Written by Henrik Galeen; Starring:
Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle and Olga Belajoff;
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
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By Fritzi Kramer on August 8, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Video, Video Review We’re heading back to Germany with something that often gets described as a carnival nightmare. I’m not sure if I would go so far but it is marvelously creepy and stylish. Paul Leni (The Cat and the Canary) design read more
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Oct 6, 2013
While I do watch many new films, and have annual awards and will discuss current cinematic topics. Part of my desire to create my own site was to not have an agenda forced upon me that was not my own. This allows me to discuss films from all periods of history whenever I see fit. Recently my Short F read more
An author takes a job writing tales for the figures in a wax museum. What could possibly go wrong? Other than being dragged into his own nightmare world, of course. Starts with an Arabian Nights fantasy, moves on to Czarist Russia and concludes with an Expressionist take on Jack the Ripper. Direct read more
A young author (Wilhelm Dieterle) is hired by the owner of a wax museum to write tales about his most popular figures, Haroun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. Entranced by his new boss’s pretty daughter (Olga Belajeff) the author sets to work writing about the wax figures. With ea read more
Figuras de Cera (1924) / Waxworks (1924) Este gabinete veio depois do de Doutor Caligari. As figuras de cera não ganham vida à noite, como na trilogia “Uma Noite no Museu”: elas ganham vida graças à imaginação de um escritor contratado para fazer propaganda do gabinete de read more
