Das grinsende Gesicht

The Man Who Laughs (1928) is a film I hold near and dear to me heart. It's been my face for well over a decade, as I stole the image of it for my avatar. So it was with excitement I discovered that there was a earlier adaptation of the story available. This one stars Franz Höbling as Gwynplaine, the one with the grotesque smile. However, his smile is not so grotesque. He just has a moderately bigger mouth than others, so it's not nearly the effect of Conrad Veidt's "joker".