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Freaks

Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?

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  • Drama
  • Horror

Overview

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Keywords

  • romance
  • revenge
  • clown
  • murder
  • dwarf
  • infidelity
  • black and white
  • told in flashback
  • bigotry
  • beauty
  • carnival
  • attempted murder
  • disability
  • provocative
  • newlywed
  • sideshow
  • freak
  • pre-code
  • deformity
  • speech impediment
  • trapeze artist
  • stutterer
  • conjoined twins
  • armless
  • midgets
  • midget
  • bareback rider
  • legless man
  • poisoned drink
  • pseudo-hermaphrodite
  • bearded lady
  • microcephalics
  • human skeleton

Details

Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 1932
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English, French, German
Countries
United States of America
Director
Tod Browning
Cinematography
Merritt B. Gerstad
Budget
$310,607
Revenue
Not recorded
Freaks (1932) | Kinocult