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2 days ago · Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypnotist (Werner Krauss) who uses a brainwashed somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) to commit murders. The film features a dark, twisted visual style, with sharp-pointed forms, oblique, curving lines, structures and landscapes that lean and twist in ...
2 days ago · One of the most notable was this quintessential production of German Expressionist cinema, directed by Robert Wiene and led by Werner Krauss as the title character, a mad hypnotist who uses a brainwashed sleepwalker named Cesare (played by Conrad Veidt, who, among other works, would later famously portray Major Strasser in 1942’s Casablanca) to commit murders.
2 days ago · The trio were also influenced by the 1928 film The Man Who Laughs, starring Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine, whose mouth is disfigured into a permanent smile. Berlin-born Veidt fled Germany with his Jewish wife before becoming one of the many émigré actors and the highest paid star in 1942 movie classic Casablanca.
Sep 14, 2024 · A different character to his counterpart in 49th Parallel, Conrad Veidt’s U-Boat captain is portrayed as a humanised figure, who wins respect and sympathy for his loyalty, courage and steadfast endurance as he sets on a mission to destroy the British fleet.
6 days ago · The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 silent film directed by Paul Leni, adapted from Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. The film stars Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine, a young nobleman whose mouth has been grotesquely mutilated to form a permanent smile, and Mary Philbin as Dea, a blind woman who loves him despite his disfigurement.
Sep 19, 2024 · Conrad Veidt is on chilly form in this gripping First World War story of a German U-boat commander who is sent on a spy mission to set up an attack on the Royal Navy in the Orkney Islands. A lean, tense and twisty script is evocatively shot and well performed, and manages to constantly surprise.
5 days ago · (right) Actor Conrad Veidt in character as Gwynplaine in The Man Who Laughs (1928). Veidt's grinning visage inspired the Joker design.
