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The Mad Genius

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The Mad Genius

Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!

6.3

1h 21m

1931

“Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!”

Synopsis

A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.

Director

Michael Curtiz

Trailer

DramaHorrorRomance

cabaretpuppeteerpuppetballetpre-codeballerina

Cast & Crew

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Marian Marsh

Marian Marsh

as Nana Carlova

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

as Karimsky

Donald Cook

Donald Cook

as Fedor Ivanoff

Luis Alberni

Luis Alberni

as Sergei Bankieff

Carmel Myers

Carmel Myers

as Sonya Preskoya

André Luguet

André Luguet

as Count Robert Renaud

Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

as Fedor as a Boy

Chester A. Bachman

Chester A. Bachman

as Poster Hanger (uncredited)

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