"THE BREAKING HEART BEHIND THE LAUGHING FACE."

1928

1h 50m

7.3(212 votes)

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Romance

Horror

Overview

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.

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42 members

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Mary Philbin

Dea

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Conrad Veidt

Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie

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Julius Molnar

Young Gwynplaine

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Olga Baclanova

Duchess Josiana

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Brandon Hurst

Barkilphedro

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Cesare Gravina

Ursus

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Stuart Holmes

Lord Dirry-Moir

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Sam De Grasse

King James II

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Josephine Crowell

Queen Anne

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Károly Huszár

Innkeeper

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Delmo Fritz

Sword Swallower

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Deno Fritz

Sword Swallower

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Henry A. Barrows

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Richard Bartlett

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Les Bates

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Charles Brinley

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Carmen Castillo

Dea's Mother (uncredited)

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Allan Cavan

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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D'Arcy Corrigan

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Carrie Daumery

Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

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Howard Davies

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Nick De Ruiz

Wapentake (uncredited)

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Louise Emmons

Gypsy Hag (uncredited)

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J.C. Fowler

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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John George

Dwarf (uncredited)

Sound

Jack A. Goodrich

Clown (uncredited)

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Charles Hancock

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Lila LaPon

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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George Marion

Man at Chatham Prison (uncredited)

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Torben Meyer

The Spy (uncredited)

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Joe Murphy

Hardquanones Messenger (uncredited)

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Edgar Norton

Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)

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Broderick O'Farrell

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Lon Poff

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Frank Puglia

Clown (uncredited)

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Henry Roquemore

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Templar Saxe

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Allan Sears

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Scott Seaton

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Louis Stern

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Al Stewart

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Antonín Vaverka

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