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Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
Three waxen tyrants stir to life after dark.
What
The 1924 UFA German release poster for Paul Leni's Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (Waxworks).
Why
Leni's anthology of a fairground wax cabinet is a jewel of Expressionist set design and a bridge to his later Hollywood horror.
Notice
Notice how the framing curls inward like the fairground booth that holds the figures.
“Nightmares kept behind glass.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (1924), dir. Paul Leni
- Country / studio
- Germany · Universum Film AG (UFA)
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- German release film poster, 1924
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Conservation note
Print produced from an AI-enhanced upscale (≈3×) of the surviving archival scan (original 410×570px). The upscale raises resolution only — the design is unaltered, and the paper’s folds and age are the artifact’s own.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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