The Man Who Laughs Named Gwynplaine
Well the protagonist of this novel is named gwynplaine hugo s imperfect attempt at creating a british name.
The man who laughs named gwynplaine. How favourite is it. Gwynplaine was featured some of the earliest monster movies in history such as the man who laughs made in 1909 in france by the pathé film company and produced by albert capellan. Gwynplaine is the embodiment of the people. When he is a child he rescues a little girl from a snowstorm and the two fall in love when they grow older.
Gwynplaine in the man who laughs 1928 gwynplaine is a horrifyingly disfigured man who was surgically deformed with a grotesque hideous smile. He represents all those who are oppressed by the powerful and can do nothing about it. The man who laughs tells a macabre tale of a man named gwynplaine adapted from victor hugo s novel of the same name. Hardquannone to disfigure the boy s face into a permanent grin.
The austrian film the grinning face is based on one of my all time favourite novels the man who laughs by victor hugo. The man who laughs. The novel tells the story of young man named gwynplaine whose mouth is horribly deformed. The story centers around gwynplaine who as a child had a permanent smile carved into his face as punishment for having a rebelious nobleman for a father.
The monarch sentences gwynplaine s father to death in an iron maiden after calling upon a surgeon dr. You have to admit that s a hardcore origin story. I should declare a personal interest here.