DramaHorrorRomance
THE MAD GENIUS
"Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!"
19311h 21m6.4 TMDb
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Spoiler-Free
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
Cast
John Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova
Charles Butterworth
Karimsky
Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff
Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya
André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy
Movie Vibe
Suspense6.7
Emotion7.8
Complexity7.3
Humor5.3
Realism7.1
Action4.2
Darkness6.1
Who would enjoy this
Recommended for
- ✓fans of character-driven stories
- ✓fans of atmospheric, unsettling cinema
- ✓fans of emotional, heartfelt storytelling
May not appeal to
- –viewers sensitive to disturbing content
- –those seeking nonstop action
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