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| 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 (as Andre Luguet) | |
| Frankie Darro | ... | Fedor as a Boy | |
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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. Written by Anonymous
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
7 November 1931 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Coskun Gönüller See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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(uncredited)
from "Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36"
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Played as background music when Fedor returns to Ivan
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At the beginning when Vladimir talks about creating a dancer from the runaway boy, he mentions the Frankenstein creation. The boy's father is played by Boris Karloff who went on to star in the Frankenstein film. See more »Goofs
At breakfast with Fedor, Nana has her arms crossed on the table, then has one hand up to her chin in close-up, then in the next shot both arms are crossed on the table again. See more »Quotes
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov: It's incredible. It's unbelievable... that there should be any human being living who is such a stupid ass.See more »
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Opening credits are shown over a background of a figure dancing; a reference to the plot which involves a dancer. See more »Soundtracks
First Movement(uncredited)
from "Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36"
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Played as background music when Fedor returns to Ivan
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In another of John Barrymore's bizarre characterizations the great actor portrays a club-footed itinerant puppeteer who rescues an abused boy from vile existence,recognizes the lad's incredible of agility and footwork and begins to train the youngster to be a "new" Nijinsky.Years go by,the boy reaches manhood,and Barrymore the impresario of a successful ballet company.But when the ballet dancer begins to have ideas of his own,falls in love with pretty Marian Marsh,Barrymore,consumed with madness and jealousy attempts to manipulate their lives leading to shocking results. This extraordinary film oscillates between intriguing drama and moments of near horror with Barrymore in masterly control of his human puppets. Boris Karloff is the boy's monstrous father and Luis Alberni stands out as the drug-addicted ballet director.Magnificent direction by Michael Curtiz