Freaks
“Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?”
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.
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Cast
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Harry Earles
Hans
Known for
The Unholy Three
Olga Baclanova
Cleopatra
Known for
The Docks of New York
The Man Who Laughs
Daisy Earles
Frieda
Also in
3-Ring Marriage
Henry Victor
Hercules
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Mummy
Wallace Ford
Phroso
Known for
Shadow of a Doubt
Spellbound
Leila Hyams
Venus
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
Spite Marriage
Roscoe Ates
Roscoe
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
Cimarron
Angelo Rossitto
Angeleno
Known for
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
The Corpse Vanishes
Jerry Austin
Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
Also in
Saratoga Trunk
Adventures of Don Juan
Daisy Hilton
Siamese Twin
Also in
Chained for Life
Violet Hilton
Siamese Twin
Also in
Chained for Life
Schlitzie
Himself
Tod Browning Director · Willis Goldbeck Screenplay Leon Gordon Screenplay
Budget $311K · United States release February 12, 1932 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$310,607
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
The Monster Show
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
Austria · January 1, 1932
Theatrical
United States · February 12, 1932
Theatrical
United States
February 20, 1932 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 1, 1932 · Limited theatrical
Brazil
April 25, 2005 · Physical · IMDB
Denmark
June 28, 1972 · Theatrical
Finland
December 28, 1995 · TV
August 8, 1997 · Limited theatrical · Helsinki
France
October 7, 1932 · Theatrical
Germany
October 5, 1969 · TV
Italy
September 7, 1962 · Limited theatrical · Venice Film Festival
September 30, 1982 · TV
Japan
August 9, 1996 · Theatrical · re-release
November 5, 2005 · Theatrical · re-release
Portugal
May 16, 1933 · Theatrical
Russia
June 26, 2003 · Limited theatrical · Moscow Film Festival
Slovenia
October 24, 1933 · Theatrical
Spain
January 10, 1933 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
July 18, 1997 · Limited theatrical · subtitled version
March 23, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Madrid/re-release/subtitled version
United Kingdom
September 27, 2002 · Theatrical · re-release
June 19, 2006 · Physical · DVD. Film banned in UK on initial release.
Uruguay
July 10, 1934 · Theatrical
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