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The Mad Genius

The Mad Genius (1931)

1h 21m | PG-13

⭐ 6.3 / 10

A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.

Director: Michael Curtiz

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance

Video: 720p

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Cast

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Marian Marsh

Marian Marsh

as Nana Carlova

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

as Karimsky

Donald Cook

Donald Cook

as Fedor Ivanoff

Luis Alberni

Luis Alberni

as Sergei Bankieff

Carmel Myers

Carmel Myers

as Sonya Preskoya