Freaks
A daring circus trapeze star sets her sights on marrying a wealthy sideshow leader to secure his fortune, only to have her fellow performers expose the scheme and threaten to ruin everything.
“Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?”
Synopsis
A beautiful trapeze artist in a circus agrees to marry the leader of the side-show performers. However, her deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
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Box Office
1932 · Box office
Produced on a $311K budget
Production budget
$311K
Also known as
- Die Gezeichnetende
- Freaks - Missgestaltetede
- Nature's Mistakesen
- The Monstershowen
- Fenómenoses
- La parada de los monstruoses
- La Monstrueuse Paradefr
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Cast & Crew
43 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Wallace Ford
as Phroso
Harry Earles
as Hans
Leila Hyams
as Venus
Olga Baclanova
as Cleopatra
Daisy Earles
as Frieda
Roscoe Ates
as Roscoe
Henry Victor
as Hercules
Rose Dione
as Madame Tetrallini
Angelo Rossitto
as Angeleno
Daisy Hilton
as Siamese Twin
Jerry Austin
as Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
Violet Hilton
as Siamese Twin
Supporting cast
27Schlitzie
as Himself
Josephine Joseph
as Half Woman-Half Man
Johnny Eck
as Half Boy
Frances O Connor
as Armless Girl
Peter Robinson
as Human Skeleton
Olga Roderick
as Bearded Lady
Koo Koo
as Herself
Prince Randian
as The Living Torso
Martha Morris
as Armless Girl
Elvira Snow
as Pinhead
Jenny Lee Snow
as Pinhead
Elizabeth Green
as Bird Girl
Edward Brophy
as Rollo Brother
Matt Mchugh
as Rollo Brother
John Aasen
as Giant (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
Demetrius Alexis
as Mr. Rogers (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
as Doctoer (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as Hans' Butler (uncredited)
Mathilde Comont
as Madame Bartet (uncredited)
Albert Conti
as Landowner (uncredited)
Tiny Doll
as (uncredited)
Edith
as Crawling Girl (uncredited)
Delmo Fritz
as Sword-Swallower (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
as Freakshow Barker (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
as Man bringing Friedas Horse (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
as Jean (uncredited)
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