- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- November 13, 1924 (100 years ago)
- Alias
- Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
- Language
- German
- Origin
- Germany
- Production companies
- Neptune-Film A.G.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
Waxworks
A wax museum owner hires a poet to craft stories for his exhibits. The poet imagines himself in each story: a baker facing execution by the Caliph of Baghdad, a Russian prince dealing with Ivan the Terrible's paranoia, and a man chased by Jack the Ripper through London's eerie streets.

A wax museum owner hires a poet to craft stories for his exhibits. The poet imagines himself in each story: a baker facing execution by the Caliph of Baghdad, a Russian prince dealing with Ivan the Terrible's paranoia, and a man chased by Jack the Ripper through London's eerie streets.
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Cast
Emil JanningsHarun al Raschid
Conrad VeidtIvan the Terrible
William DieterleThe Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince
Werner KraußJack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
Olga BelajeffEva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
John GottowtOwner of the Waxworks
Georg JohnOwner of the Panoptikums
Ernst LegalPoison-Maker of the Czar
Paul BiensfeldtGrand Vizier
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