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.
Cast
Emil Jannings
Harun al Raschid
Conrad Veidt
Ivan the Terrible
William Dieterle
The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince
Werner Krauss
Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
Olga Belajeff
Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
John Gottowt
Owner of the Waxworks
Georg John
Owner of the Panoptikums
Ernst Legal
Poison-Maker of the Czar
Paul Biensfeldt
Grand Vizier
Crew
Leo Birinski
Director, Editor, Producer
Paul Leni
Director, Art Direction
Henrik Galeen
Writer
Helmar Lerski
Director of Photography
William Dieterle
Assistant Director
Alexander Kwartiroff
Producer
Ernst Stern
Costume Design
Alfred Junge
Assistant Art Director
Fritz Maurischat
Assistant Art Director
Richard Siedhoff
Music
Paul Dannenberg
Props
Hans Lechner
Still Photographer
Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken
Production Manager
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