The Mad Genius

Overview

A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.

Release Date

30 September 1931

81 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Nana Carlova
Fedor Ivanoff
Sergei Bankieff
Sonya Preskoya
Count Robert Renaud
Fedor as a Boy
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Olga Chekova (uncredited)