The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs

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Forever disfigured by a wide and mirthless grin on his face, the orphaned son of a nobleman, Gwynplaine, rescues the blind baby-girl, Dea, in cold seventeenth-century England. Taken in by the paternal carnival philosopher, Ursus, the unloved boy grows into a kind and honest man who chooses, however, to hide his grotesque deformity behind a black cloak, utterly convinced that the beautiful Dea will never truly love him because of his horrible secret. Feeling unworthy of Dea's ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Man Who Laughs:

Conrad Veidt
Mary Philbin
Cesare Gravina
Brandon Hurst
Olga Baclanova
Sam De Grasse

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Forever disfigured by a wide and mirthless grin on his face, the orphaned son of a nobleman, Gwynplaine, rescues the blind baby-girl, Dea, in cold seventeenth-century England. Taken in by the paternal carnival philosopher, Ursus, the unloved boy grows into a kind and honest man who chooses, however, to hide his grotesque deformity behind a black cloak, utterly convinced that the beautiful Dea will never truly love him because of his horrible secret. Feeling unworthy of Dea's noble feelings, Gwynplaine will soon cross paths with the aristocratic temptress, Duchess Josiana, as a cruel and long-standing conspiracy in the palace of Queen Anne presents him with the burden of choice. Will poor Gwynplaine, the Man who Laughs, renounce everything in the name of love?

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Time Out - 10/10 by Bob BakerBaclanova is amusing as a decadent duchess, but it's Leni's pictorial genius -- aided here by what must have been an enormous budget -- that marks the film as one of the most exhilarating of late silent cinema.
Radio Times - 9/10 by Ronald BerganThe superb German actor Conrad Veidt plays the pathetic protagonist, while Mary Philbin, whose most celebrated screen role was opposite another physically damaged hero in The Phantom of the Opera, is extremely touching as his beloved.
Chicago Reader - 9/10 by J. R. JonesAs usual in Hugo, love is measured in sacrifice, yielding a sincere and extravagant sense of romance.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) - 9/10 by John BeifussAn expressionistic masterpiece of spooky, fairy tale Poe-meets-Perrault imagery...
Filmcritic.com - 8/10 by Jake EukerPoised between the great German horror that preceded it and the great Universal horror that followed, it is, for genre fans, an inviting and necessary stop.
User Review - 10/10 by Jessi tPerhaps I'm a fair bit twisted, but I fail to see the horror in this. It's one of the most beautiful love stories I've ever seen, however, and Conrad Veidt is magnificient.
User Review - 10/10 by Stef II've never seen such astonishing acting in my whole life. It's amazing how Conrad Veidt can express effectivelly all sorts of emotions using only his eyes, due to his perpetual grin and silence of mute movies.
User Review - 10/10 by Jeremiah COne of the very best human dramas I have ever seen - Veidt's performance was nothing less than compelling and magnificent.
User Review - 10/10 by David SYou'd have to be outright ignorant to not be able to appreciate this film exactly as is. The characters are beautifully human, the plot is original, and Viktor Hugo will not steer you wrong :-)
User Review - 10/10 by Zoran SGenius. Sublime. This film basically has everything: uber-grotesque horror, gypsies that deform kids, creepy clowns, seriously creepy clown smiles, romantic melodrama, and one of the great dogs of cinema (who is named "Homo.") You couldn't even make a film like this today: sound cinema killed the possibility and audiences (at least judging by the reviews here) have become too literal minded to accept its stylistic excesses and can only identify with characters on screen who express pre-packaged psychological tropes. I haven't had this much fun watching a movie in ages.

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