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.
Run Time
64 min
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Genre
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Language
English, German
Keyword
Freak, Midget, Trapeze Artist, Circus, Poison
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Mono
Colour
Black and White
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Melodrama, Psychological Thriller
Themes
Treacherous Spouses, Circuses & Carnivals, Looking For Love, Cons and Scams
Freaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival (funfair) performers. The film was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 short story "Spurs". Director Browning took the exceptional step of casting real people with deformities as the eponymous sideshow "freaks," rather than using costumes and makeup.
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