
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
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.
John BarrymoreVladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian MarshNana Carlova
Charles ButterworthKarimsky
Donald CookFedor Ivanoff
Luis AlberniSergei Bankieff
Carmel MyersSonya Preskoya
André LuguetCount Robert Renaud
Frankie DarroFedor as a Boy
Chester A. BachmanPoster Hanger (uncredited)
Charles BrinleyPoster Hanger (uncredited)
Boris KarloffFedor's Father (uncredited)
Mae MadisonOlga Chekova (uncredited)
Walter MillerOpera Spectator (uncredited)
Lee MoranMontmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
Charles WilliamsStagehand (uncredited)