The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American silent film directed by Paul Leni, based on Victor Hugo's novel, starring Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine, a man whose face was surgically mutilated into a permanent grin as a child on the order of a corrupt nobleman, and who grows up to become a traveling sideshow performer known as the Laughing Man. Veidt's disfigured, fixed-grin appearance in the role was later cited by comic book creators as a direct visual inspiration for the DC Comics villain the Joker. The film is regarded as a landmark of American silent horror-tinged melodrama and one of Veidt's most recognized performances.
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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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The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American silent film directed by Paul Leni, based on Victor Hugo's novel, starring Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine, a man whose face was surgically mutilated into a permanent grin as a child on the order of a corrupt nobleman, and who grows up to become a traveling sideshow performer known as the Laughing Man.
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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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The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni.
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