Paul Leni, born Paul Josef Levi in Stuttgart on 8 July 1885, was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism who died on 2 September 1929. He made Hintertreppe in 1921 and Waxworks in 1924 in Germany, and in the United States The Cat and the Canary, The Chinese Parrot, The Man Who Laughs and The Last Warning. Within this atlas Paul Leni is credited as the director of Waxworks (1924 film) and The Man Who Laughs (1928 film).
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Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi, 8 July 1885-2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making Hintertreppe (1921) and Waxworks (1924) in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Chinese Parrot (1927), The Man Who Laughs (1928), and The Last Warning (1928) in the United States.
Waxworks (1924 film) (Wikipedia)
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Waxworks (German: Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) is a 1924 German silent anthology film directed by Paul Leni.
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The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni.
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