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.
- Director
- Tod Browning
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Freaks actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Freaks appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #24
Placed at #24 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Horror Movies Ranked #25
Placed at #25 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $310,607
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
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- Release date
- Jan 1, 1932
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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