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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.
Theatrical
Mar 18, 1926
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 24, 2002
Directors
Producers
Alexander Kwartiroff, Leo Birinski
Studio
Neptune-Film A.G.
Original Title
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →E
Emil Jannings
Harun al Raschid
C
Conrad Veidt
Ivan the Terrible
W
William Dieterle
The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince
W
Werner Krauss
Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
O
Olga Belajeff
Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
J
John Gottowt
Owner of the Waxworks
G
Georg John
Owner of the Panoptikums
E
Ernst Legal
Poison-Maker of the Czar
P
Paul Biensfeldt
Grand Vizier
