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The Grinning Face
Directed by
Julius Herska
Written by
Victor Hugo (novel)
Louis Nerz
Starring
Franz Höbling
Nora Gregor
Lucienne Delacroix
Anna Kallina
Cinematography
Eduard Hoesch
Production company
Olympic-Film
Release date
18 March 1921 (1921-03-18)
Running time
87 minutes
Country
Austria-Germany[1]
Languages
Silent
German intertitles
The Grinning Face (German:Das grinsende Gesicht), aka The Man Who Laughs,[2] is a 1921 Austrian-German[3] silent horror film directed by Julius Herska and starring Franz Höbling, Nora Gregor and Lucienne Delacroix. It is an adaptation of the 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo.[4]
The film was later remade by Paul Leni in 1928 as The Man Who Laughs, which starred Conrad Veidt in the Gwynplaine role.[5]
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 240.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 240.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 240.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^Prince p.55
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 240.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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