
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.

Emil Jannings
Harun al Raschid

Conrad Veidt
Ivan the Terrible

William Dieterle
The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince

Werner Krauss
Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack

Olga Belajeff
Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin

John Gottowt
Owner of the Waxworks

Georg John
Owner of the Panoptikums

Ernst Legal
Poison-Maker of the Czar

Paul Biensfeldt
Grand Vizier

Asylum
Asylum

Dark Fables
Dark Fables

Alligator
Alligator

White of the Eye
White of the Eye

The Peeper, the Model and the Hypnotist
The Peeper, the Model and the Hypnotist

Three... Extremes
Three... Extremes

Night of Terror
Night of Terror

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum

Necronomicon
Necronomicon

The Haunting at Jack the Ripper’s House
The Haunting at Jack the Ripper’s House

The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum