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Cinematography
Karl Freund's restless camera swings through space like a trapeze.
Acting
Jannings: volcanic face, body as ruin, silent cinema's wounded titan.
Direction
Dupont orchestrates chaos with the precision of a ringmaster.

Director
E.A. Dupont
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