L'Homme qui rit (1928)
The Man Who Laughs
Réalisateur : Paul Leni
Scénaristes : Victor Hugo, Walter Anthony, May McLean, Marion Ward, Charles E. Whittaker
Genres : Drame, Romance, Horreur
110 minutes
Status : Released
Langue : No Language
Pays : United States of America
Société de production : Universal Pictures
Synopsis
En Angleterre, à la fin du XVIIe siècle, le roi Jacques se débarrasse de son ennemi, le Lord Clancharlie, et vend son jeune fils, Gwynplaine, aux trafiquants d'enfants qui le défigurent. Le garçon s'enfuit et sauve du froid un bébé aveugle, Dea. Tous les deux sont recueillis par Ursus, un forain. Gwynplaine, baptisé « L'Homme qui rit », devient un célèbre comédien ambulant. Le bouffon Barkilphedro découvre son ascendance noble et la dévoile à la reine Anne, qui a succédé au roi Jacques.
- Mary Philbin - Dea
- Conrad Veidt - Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
- Julius Molnar - Young Gwynplaine
- Olga Baclanova - Duchess Josiana
- Brandon Hurst - Barkilphedro
- Cesare Gravina - Ursus
- Stuart Holmes - Lord Dirry-Moir
- Sam De Grasse - King James II
- Josephine Crowell - Queen Anne
- Károly Huszár - Innkeeper
- Delmo Fritz - Sword Swallower
- Deno Fritz - Sword Swallower
- Henry A. Barrows - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Richard Bartlett - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Les Bates - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Charles Brinley - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Carmen Castillo - Dea's Mother (uncredited)
- Allan Cavan - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- D'Arcy Corrigan - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Carrie Daumery - Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
- Howard Davies - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Nick De Ruiz - Wapentake (uncredited)
- Louise Emmons - Gypsy Hag (uncredited)
- J.C. Fowler - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- John George - Dwarf (uncredited)
- Jack A. Goodrich - Clown (uncredited)
- Charles Hancock - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Lila LaPon - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- George Marion - Man at Chatham Prison (uncredited)
- Torben Meyer - The Spy (uncredited)
- Joe Murphy - Hardquanones Messenger (uncredited)
- Edgar Norton - Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)
- Broderick O'Farrell - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Lon Poff - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Frank Puglia - Clown (uncredited)
- Henry Roquemore - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Templar Saxe - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Allan Sears - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Scott Seaton - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Louis Stern - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Al Stewart - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Antonín Vaverka - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
