The Mad Genius

Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!

Genres

DramaHorrorRomance

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

81 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

30 September 1931

Country

United States of America

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

Chester A. Bachman

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Charles Brinley

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Boris Karloff

Fedor's Father (uncredited)

Mae Madison

Olga Chekova (uncredited)

Walter Miller

Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Moran

Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

Charles Williams

Stagehand (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Curtain Man (uncredited)

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