The Man Who Laughs 1928

TIME Magazine: The Man Who Laughs is a truly great, a devastatingly beautiful film. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: As usual in Hugo, love is measured in sacrifice, yielding a sincere and extravagant sense of romance. Read more

Mordaunt Hall, New York Times: This production has been fashioned with considerable skill. It is, of course, a gruesome tale in which the horror is possibly moderated but none the less disturbing. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: One of the final treasures of German silent Expressionism. Read more

Time Out: Baclanova is amusing as a decadent duchess, but it's Leni's pictorial genius -- aided here by what must have been an enormous budget -- that marks the film as one of the most exhilarating of late silent cinema. Read more