Conrad Veidt

Conrad was a famous actor in Berlin during the time Cabaret was set I feel that the Emcee would have taken a lot of inspiration of Conrad as he is very expressive with his movements within the films. He knows how to show his feelings with just his eyes.

Conrads first film he was in was called Caligari where he was a murder who killed innocent people. He was being controlled by another man so that he wouldn't get the blame. In the film his eye makeup is very heavy and he has dark lips with his hair quite floppy. To me in this film he looks quite weak but this very creepy and scary looking just by the use of his eyes. For me a modern day version her reminds me of is Edwards Scissor Hands.

The Second film he was in was 'The Man Who Laughs' within the film he played a man who was born with a disfigured smile which is massive. His makeup within the film is very similar but brought mack just a little bit his eyes are still dark but looks like the use of powder so not as intense. His lips are dark and very thin. This is what i feel gives him the evil creepy look. His eyebrows are bushy, I like this its against the norm for the look at the time. Hair looks light as if it was just about to turn grey and is all scraped back but not slapped down to the head there is volume within the look.

Conrad out of his characters is very swarve, he has that manner about him without even meaning it. Always dressed impeccable with a smart dinner suit on and just that tilt of the eyebrow to suggest something. His hair is dark a slicked straight back he hasn't got the side part like most men did at the time. When he got older he started to get white side burns in his hair. I like the idea of the white on his hair. I also considered adding white onto the middle of his lips.

After doing my original face charts I'm going to go back and amend them as I feel incorporating a sense of Conrad Veidt into my design would work well.