--- title: 'The Man Who Laughs (1928)' type: 'film' director: 'Paul Leni' released: '1928-01-01' runtime_minutes: 110 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Horror' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-laughs-1928' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019130/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Man Who Laughs (1928) 1928 · 110 min · Drama, Horror, Romance · United States ## Synopsis The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both sound-on-disc and sound-on-film processes. The film is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1869 novel of the same name, and it stars Mary Philbin as the blind Dea and Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine. The film is known for the grotesque grin on the character Gwynplaine's face, which often leads it to be classified as a horror film. Film critic Roger Ebert stated "The Man Who Laughs is a melodrama, at times even a swashbuckler, but so steeped in expressionist gloom that it plays like a horror film." ## Credits - **Director:** [Paul Leni](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-leni) - **Screenplay:** [Walter Anthony](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-anthony), [J. Grubb Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-grubb-alexander), [Charles E. Whittaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-e-whittaker) - **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt) - **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle) - **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Warrenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-warrenton) - **Editor:** [Edward L. Cahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-l-cahn) ## Cast - [Olga Baclanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-baclanova) - [Stuart Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-holmes) - [Lon Poff](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-poff) - [Brandon Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-hurst) - [Cesare Gravina](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-gravina) - [Conrad Veidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-veidt) - [George Siegmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-siegmann) - [Sam De Grasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-de-grasse) - [Zimbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/zimbo) - [John George](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-george) - [Mary Philbin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-philbin) - [Charles Puffy](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-puffy) - [Josephine Crowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/josephine-crowell) - [Carrie Daumery](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-daumery) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-laughs-1928 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1809883); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.