He Who Gets Slapped
Victor Seastrom's production of the famous stage play by Leonid Andreyev. (Poster).
Collections:
National Film Registry
Studio:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Year:
1924
Audience Rating: 86%
Duration: 1 h 35 m
Updated: 2026 Aug 09
Movie ID: 226989
Server: Main Plex Server
Synopsis
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.
