The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Directed by Paul Leni · Cinematography by Gilbert Warrenton

110 min55 frames

DramaRomanceHorror

THE BREAKING HEART BEHIND THE LAUGHING FACE.

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The Man Who Laughs — official trailer

What is The Man Who Laughs about?

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

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What does the cinematography of The Man Who Laughs look like?

Sampled across 55 frames, the coverage of The Man Who Laughs leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and close-ups (31%). Cinematographer Gilbert Warrenton keeps 51% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 62% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1920s.

What is the color palette of The Man Who Laughs?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Man Who Laughs (1928) are #020202, #8b8b8b, #313131, #fbfbfb, #cccccc, #6d6d6d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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