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The 1920s Silent Film That Largely Inspired the Joker

The 1920s Silent Film That Largely Inspired the Joker
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The Man Who Laughs movie review (1928)


Movie villains smile so compulsively because it creates a creepy
disconnect between their mouth and their eyes. Imagine, however, a good man,
condemned to smile widely for an entire lifetime. Such a creature would be
bullied as a child and shunned as an adult. "The Man Who Laughs"
(1928), one of the final treasures of German silent Expressionism, is about
such a man. His name is Gwynplaine. His father was a nobleman. Orphaned as a
child, he is captured by outlaws who use a knife to carve his face into a
hideous grin. Disfigured, alone, he rescues a baby girl, and together they are

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