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Oct 7, 2019 · Conrad Veidt Joker: How Batman Villain Was Inspired by Silent Film 'The Man Who Laughs' Published Oct 07, 2019 at 5:27 AM EDT. By Tufayel Ahmed. FOLLOW. The new Warner Bros. thriller Joker,...
Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine, an inspiration for the DC Comics supervillain the Joker, the nemesis of Batman. Following the success of Universal Pictures's 1923 adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, the company was eager to release another film starring Lon Chaney.
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Oct 15, 2020 · Conrad Veidt was a German silent film star who inspired the creation of the Joker in 1940. He played a character named Gwynplaine, a prince with a permanent smile, in a 1928 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs. Learn how his look and performance influenced the Batman nemesis and other versions of the character.
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt [1] [2] ( / faɪt /; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German-British actor. [3] [4] He attracted early attention for his roles in the films Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928).
YearTitleRoleNotes1917RolfFilmed in late 1916, Veidt's screen debut ...1917Herr KramerThe film had four parts which premiered ...1917Richard von WorthLost film1917Indian PriestPrint exists at the Swedish Film ...Oct 3, 2019 · Beyond the screen, it was Conrad Veidt’s performance as the ever-grinning Gwynplaine that gave birth to DC Comics’ iconic villain, the Joker.
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Sep 29, 2022 · Based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same, the movie is about a young man named Gwynplaine (played by Conrad Veidt), whose father is sentenced to death after offending King James II. But the...
Oct 7, 2019 · Joker director Todd Phillips was unknowingly inspired by the very actor and film that inspired the comic book Joker's look -- Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs -- for his new box office...
