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The Man Who Laughs (1928 film)
The Man Who Laughs
is a
1928
American
silent film
directed by the
German Expressionist
filmmaker
Paul Leni
. The film is an adaptation of
Victor Hugo
's novel of the
same name
and stars
Mary Philbin
as the
blind
Dea and
Conrad Veidt
as Gwynplaine. The film is known for the grim carnival freak-like 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."
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