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Freaks

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Freaks

1932 · Not rated · 1h 4m

Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?

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In theaters
February 12, 1932

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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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Genres

dramahorror

Tags

Subgenre

Revenge

Audience

Cult classic

Content Warnings

Torture
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Directed by

Tod Browning

Written by

Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins

Cinematography

Merritt B. Gerstad

Starring

Harry Earles as Hans · Olga Baclanova as Cleopatra · Daisy Earles as Frieda · Henry Victor as Hercules · Wallace Ford as Phroso · Leila Hyams as Venus · Roscoe Ates as Roscoe · Angelo Rossitto as Angeleno

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Budget

$310,607

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