Waxworks (film)

Waxworks
Directed by
Screenplay byHenrik Galeen
Starring
CinematographyHelmar Lerski
Production
company
Neptun-Film AG
Distributed byUFA
Release dates
  • 6 October 1924 (1924-10-06) (Austria)
  • 13 November 1924 (1924-11-13) (Berlin)
CountryGermany

Waxworks (German: Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) is a 1924 German silent anthology film directed by Paul Leni. Its stories are linked by a plot thread about a writer (William Dieterle) who accepts a job from a waxworks proprietor to write a series of stories about the exhibits of Caliph of Baghdad (Emil Jannings), Ivan the Terrible (Conrad Veidt) and Jack the Ripper (Werner Krauss) in order to boost business.