Plots(1)
The three separate episodes of Waxworks are united by the character of a young poet (William Dieterle), who is hired by the owner of a wax museum to create backstories for a trio of the museum s figures: Caliph Harun al-Rashid (Emil Jannings), Ivan the Terrible (Conrad Veidt), and Jack the Ripper (Werner Krauss). The stories are depicted in succession (one per episode), the poet casting himself as well as the daughter of the wax museum s owner at the centre of each tale. Though the poet and the daughter play different characters in the corresponding plots, they are always lovers whose relationship is threatened by the personages of the wax figures. (Eureka Entertainment)
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Emil Jannings
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Conrad Veidt
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Werner Krauss
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William Dieterle
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John Gottowt
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Ernst Legal
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Olga Belajeff
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