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Paul Leni (1885–1929)

Author of The Man Who Laughs [1928 film]

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Avant-garde 2: Experimental Cinema, 1928-1954 (2007) — Director — 6 copies

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Birthdate
1885-07-08
Date of death
1929-09-02
Gender
male
Education
Berlin Academy of Fine Arts
Occupations
film maker
film director
Nationality
Germany
Places of residence
Stuttgart, Germany (birth)
Berlin, Germany
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Germany

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3 reviews
C+ (Okay).

Potential heirs to a fortune gather in a haunted house.

Old-timey Scooby Doo. No successful suspense or scares, underwhelming humor, and a lot of missed opportunities for spookiness. But it's short and it doesn't take itself seriously, so I'm not mad at it.

(Aug. 2024)
FYI The 1928 silent film starring Conrad Veidt inspired the Joker mask in the Batman comics.
A child is abandoned on a pier by some "Comprachicos." They set sail into the storm, guardians of a terrible secret; he sets sail toward his new life. The main story concerns Gwynplaine and the one who abandoned him. Dea and Ursus. Their meeting. The path that led them to meet. Everything is extremely cinematic in the intensity and expressive power. You immerse yourself in the story with fewer show more interruptions, fewer digressions. Beautiful. show less
½
Aug 7, 2025English (UK)
Un giovane poeta (Wilhelm Dieterle) viene ingaggiato dal proprietario di un museo delle cere (John Gottow) per animare attraverso 3 storie altrettante statue esposte nel museo, Ivan il Terribile (Conrad Veidt), Jack lo squartatore (Werner Krauss), il califfo di Bagdad Harun Al-Rashid (Emil Jannings). Il film di Leni (noto in Italia anche come Tre amori fantastici), che presenta molti collegamenti con i precedenti Il gabinetto del dottor Caligari di Wiene e Destino di Lang, nonostante show more l'incompletezza - un quarto episodio mai girato per problemi economici - si erge come uno spettacolare kolossal, capace di esaltare le forme dell'espressionismo (basti osservare le mirabolanti scenografie o gli inquietanti effetti fotografici) e di sfruttare appieno le grandi doti degli interpreti, da Emil Jannings a Conrad Veidt a Werner Krauss. (fonte: retro del dvd) show less

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