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The Man with Wax Faces (S)

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Original title: Figures de cire (The Man with Wax Faces)
Year: 1914
Running time: 11 min.
Country: France
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Screenwriter: Maurice Tourneur. Novel: M. André de Lorde
Cast: Henry Roussel, Emile Tramont, Henri Gouget
Genre: Horror | Silent Film. Origins of Film. Short Film
Synopsis: To win a bet, a man who pretends not to know fear looks for the most terrifying place in town (that'll be the traveling show...) and pretends to be able to sleep there the whole night. But these wax figures surrounding him won't certainly let him sleep quietly... This film, which was released in 1918 was a forerunner of Paul Leni's expressionistic work with the same subject matter, Waxworks (1924)

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The Man with Wax Faces (S)

1914

Maurice Tourneur

5.4

(71)