Ohjaus:
Victor SjöströmSävellys:
William AxtNäyttelijät:
Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Marc McDermott, Ford Sterling, Tully Marshall, Edward Arnold, Brandon Hurst, Bela Lugosi, Carrie Daumery (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
This compelling and exceptionally well-executed silent drama, from new MGM studio executives Irving Thalburg and producer Louis B. Mayer is based on a highly-regarded Russian play and features the studio's biggest stars, Lon Chaney, John Gilbert and Norma Shearer. Directed by noted Swedish filmmmaker Victor Sjostrom, it is the story of a scientific genius who is humiliated by his philandering wife and a major career set-back. To express his pain, bitterness and anger he becomes a circus clown who seems to enjoy the frequently cruel slapstick antics of his new colleagues. While in the circus, he finds a chance at renewal when he falls for a lovely bareback rider. But will he at last find happiness? Or will tragedy continue to be his closest companion? (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Arvostelut (1)
A beautiful work by Victor Sjöström with a theme as old as mankind itself. While at home in Sweden he captivated with Ingeborg Holm and The Phantom Carriage, while in America he got Lon Chaney for a role that had already been certified to Valdemar Psilander and Gunnar Tolnæs, and later to Emil Jannings. The story of He Who Gets Slapped is about the fall of an intellectual to the bottom of the circus ring. After losing his illusions, his career and his beloved wife, Paul Beaumont becomes an attraction. A young love blossoms naturally around him between the artists - the over-sweet Norma Shearer and the tender John Gilbert... It is an excellent film with great performances and an ageless message. It is encounters like this that only strengthen my faith in the "great silent miracle of the silver screen."
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