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Lifetime: 1853 - 1921 Passed: ≈ 103 years ago

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Oskar Panizza

Books by Oskar Panizza

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Wachsfigurenkabinett

Satire Humour Drama Religion
Satire Parody Wax figures Mechanical figures Nuremberg fair Suffering and death of Jesus Christ Puppetry

Set in a 19th-century Nuremberg fair, "Wachsfigurenkabinett" follows the grotesque and comical performance of the "Suffering and Death of Our Savior Jesus Christ" in a wax figure cabinet with moving mechanical figures. The Figurenkabinett, a popular...