USA,
1928, 110 min
Directed by:
Paul LeniScreenplay:
Charles E. WhittakerCinematography:
Gilbert WarrentonCast:
Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Olga Baclanova, Brandon Hurst, Stuart Holmes, Sam De Grasse, George Siegmann, Antonín Vaverka, Jarmila Marton, Carrie Daumery (more)Plots(1)
The film stars Veidt as Gwynplaine, the son of an aristocrat who is kidnapped for political reasons before being disfigured by a gypsy surgeon, who leaves the boy's face paralyzed in a contorted smile. Finding refuge in a traveling theatre troupe, Gwynplaine's lineage is eventually discovered and he soon finds himself being pulled back into the social and political world he was taken from as a boy. (official distributor synopsis)
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