

The Man Who Laughs
THE BREAKING HEART BEHIND THE LAUGHING FACE.
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
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- clown
- black and white
- psychotronic
- jester
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York27 Apr 1928
- Theatrical4 Nov 1928
- Theatrical (limited)Telluride Film Festival8 Sept 1998
- PhysicalKino, American Silent Horror Collection10 Sept 2007
- PhysicalKino, DVD16 Nov 2007
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon16 May 1928
- TheatricalLondon, sound version30 Nov 1928
- PhysicalPGMasters of Cinema Blu-Ray17 Aug 2020
GermanyDE
- Physical1227 Jun 2022
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The Man Who Laughs was released on 4 November 1928.
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CinemaSerf
2/10/2024
When King James VII (& II) (Sam De Grasse) decides to take revenge on one of his treacherous nobles, he visits the most abhorrent of gifts on his young son. A grin. Cut into his face so that he may always be able to laugh at the thought of his father's betrayals! Pretty swiftly, that king is deposed and the youngster grows up to be "Gwynplaine" (Conrad Veidt). He, in turn, rescues the blind young "Dea" (Mary Philbin)…
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