The Man Who Laughs (1928 film)

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The Man Who Laughs (1928 film) is a 1928 American silent romantic drama and early horror film, renowned for its expressionist style and the iconic, permanently grinning character whose look later influenced the creation of the Joker.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Charles D. Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Victor Hugo NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn The Man Who Laughs (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterPortrayed Gwynplaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Gilbert Warrenton NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Paul Leni NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
era late silent era ⓘ
filmLocationSetting England NERFINISHED ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre expressionist film ⓘ
horror ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasCultFollowing yes ⓘ
hasTheme class differences ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
tragic romance ⓘ
influenced Joker (DC Comics character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Dea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gwynplaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ursus NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Hugo Riesenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor expressionist visual style ⓘ
permanently grinning disfigured protagonist ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ
partOf Universal Pictures silent film catalog NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy Conrad Veidt NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Carl Laemmle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Kohner NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate April 27, 1928 ⓘ
releaseYear 1928 ⓘ
runningTime 110 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter J. Grubb Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mary McLean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walter Anthony NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod 17th century England ⓘ
starring Conrad Veidt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mary Philbin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olga Baclanova NERFINISHED ⓘ
visualInfluenceOn comic book character design of the Joker ⓘ

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