The Man Who Laughs
(1928)
Directed by Paul Leni
this film based on the novel of the same name stars Conrad Veidt,
Mary Philbin, Brandon Hurst and Olga Vladimirovna Baklanonva. In
England in 1690 the son of a nobleman killed by the king is scared to
look like he is always smiling.
Variously this film is
described as either a horror film or an expressionist film and I
would say that it is really neither but more of a standard melodrama
with a hint of swashbuckler about it. I was really hoping for
something darker from this film but in the end it is a fairly average
story of romantic and political manoeuvring. Generally the film is
well made but the film has some really bizarre character names given
the period and setting of the film.
3/5
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