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He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

1924 · 72 min · EN · NR · 7.6 (83 votes)
Dir. Victor Sjöström · Starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King, Marc McDermott, Ford Sterling
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Story of an inventor who, suffering betrayal in life, makes a career of it by becoming a clown whose act consists of getting slapped by all the other clowns. He falls in love with another circus performer, and those who betrayed him enter his life yet again.

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A haunting silent spectacle of a man's public humiliation masking private anguish. The circus becomes a stage for profound sorrow and unrequited love, where every slap echoes a deeper betrayal.

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