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Paul Leni

Director1885–1929Born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

1924 Waxworks1927 The Cat and the Canary1928 The Last Warning, The Man Who Laughs

189519201945

4 films in the catalog, 1924 to 1928

German filmmaker and set designer. He died of sepsis from an untreated tooth infection in 1929 at the age of 44.

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Director · 4 films

Waxworks

1924Silent

The Cat and the Canary

1927

The Last Warning

1928

The Man Who Laughs

1928