- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance
- Release: 1931-11-07
- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Writers: Martin Brown , J. Grubb Alexander , Harvey F. Thew
- Language: English
- Stars: John Barrymore (I) (1882–1942) , Marian Marsh , Charles Butterworth , Donald Cook , Luis Alberni , Carmel Myers , André Luguet , Frankie Darro , Chester A. Bachman , Charles Brinley
- Runtime: 81 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Mad Genius (United Kingdom) , El genio loco (Argentina) , Hans onda genus (Sweden) , The Mad Genius (United States of America) , O Gênio do Mal (Brazil) , Kokain (Denmark) , Ihminen vai paholainen (Finland) , Coşkun Gönüller (Turkey) , The Mad Genius , Le génie fou (France, French Republic) , 狂へる天才 (Japan) , Безумный гений , El ídolo (Spain)
- Plot: 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.
- IMDB:tt0022103
The Mad Genius Cast · · · ALL
Michael Curtiz
Director
John Barrymore
(I)
(1882–1942)
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova
Charles Butterworth
Karimsky
Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff
Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya
André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy
Chester A. Bachman
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Mae Madison
Olga Chekova (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Moran
Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Curtain Man (uncredited)