Drama ·Horror · United States of America · 1932 · 1h 4m

Freaks

Freaks poster
Director
Tod Browning
Cast
Harry Earles as Hans Olga Baclanova as Cleopatra Daisy Earles as Frieda Henry Victor as Hercules Wallace Ford as Phroso Leila Hyams as Venus
Crew
Merritt B. Gerstad — Director of Photography Basil Wrangell — Editor Willis Goldbeck — Screenplay Leon Gordon — Screenplay Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins — Story Irving Thalberg — Producer
Tagline

Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?

Synopsis

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Trailer Freaks — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
infidelitydwarfattempted murderclownbeautycarnivalromancerevengemurderblack and whitenewlywedpre-code
Key Collaborators
Tod Browning Director Merritt B. Gerstad Director of Photography Basil Wrangell Editor Willis Goldbeck Screenplay Leon Gordon Screenplay Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins Story Irving Thalberg Producer Tod Browning Producer
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