The Mad Genius
Michael Curtiz1931-09-30
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
6.3
81 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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John Barrymore | Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov | Unowned |
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Marian Marsh | Nana Carlova | Unowned |
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Charles Butterworth | Karimsky | Unowned |
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Donald Cook | Fedor Ivanoff | Unowned |
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Luis Alberni | Sergei Bankieff | Unowned |
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Carmel Myers | Sonya Preskoya | Unowned |
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André Luguet | Count Robert Renaud | Unowned |
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Frankie Darro | Fedor as a Boy | Unowned |
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Chester A. Bachman | Poster Hanger (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Brinley | Poster Hanger (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Boris Karloff | Fedor's Father (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mae Madison | Olga Chekova (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Walter Miller | Opera Spectator (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lee Moran | Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Williams | Stagehand (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harry Wilson | Curtain Man (uncredited) | Unowned |