The Man Who Laughs (1928)
- Duration: 01:50:00
- Year: 1928
- Rating: NR
- Cast: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar, Olga Baclanova, Brandon Hurst, Cesare Gravina, Stuart Holmes, Sam De Grasse, George Siegmann, Josephine Crowell, Károly Huszár, Zimbo the Dog, Delmo Fritz, Deno Fritz, Henry A. Barrows, Richard Bartlett, Les Bates, Charles Brinley, Carmen Castillo, Allan Cavan, D'Arcy Corrigan, Carrie Daumery, Howard Davies, Nick De Ruiz, Louise Emmons, J.C. Fowler, John George, Jack A. Goodrich, Charles Hancock, Lila LaPon, George Marion, Torben Meyer, Joe Murphy, Edgar Norton, Broderick O'Farrell, Lon Poff, Frank Puglia, Henry Roquemore, Templar Saxe, Allan Sears, Scott Seaton, Louis Stern, Al Stewart, Anton Vaverka
- Directors: Paul Leni
- Writers: Victor Hugo, J. Grubb Alexander, Walter Anthony, May McLean, Marion Ward, Charles E. Whittaker
- Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance, Mystery, Grindhouse|Foundations, Grindhouse|Drama
Forever disfigured by a wide and mirthless grin on his face, the orphaned son of a nobleman, Gwynplaine, rescues the blind baby-girl, Dea, in cold seventeenth-century England. Taken in by the paternal carnival philosopher, Ursus, the unloved boy grows into a kind and honest man who chooses, however, to hide his grotesque deformity behind a black cloak, utterly convinced that the beautiful Dea will never truly love him because of his horrible secret. Feeling unworthy of Dea's noble feelings, Gwynplaine will soon cross paths with the aristocratic temptress, Duchess Josiana, as a cruel and long-standing conspiracy in the palace of Queen Anne presents him with the burden of choice. Will poor Gwynplaine, the Man who Laughs, renounce everything in the name of love?