Character Relationship Map: Waxworks

Characters

• Ivan the Terrible (played by Conrad Veidt) — protagonist
• The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince (played by William Dieterle) — supporting
• Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack (played by Werner Krauss) — supporting
• Grand Vizier (played by Paul Biensfeldt) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Ivan the Terrible → Grand Vizier (Power Ruler And Envoy)

  Ivan sends his Grand Vizier to find Assad after becoming angry about the smoke from the bakery and losing a chess game.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Grand Vizier → The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince (Conflict Seeker And Suspect)

  The Grand Vizier is sent to find Assad, while Assad later becomes the target of palace guards after attempting to steal the wishing ring.

• The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince → Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack (Conflict Pursuer And Prey)

  After the poet finishes the stories, the wax figure comes to life and stalks both the poet and the owner's daughter. The poet flees through the museum...

• The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince → Ivan the Terrible (Narrative Counterpart)

  The poet imagines himself as Assad the baker in the first story and later appears as the Russian prince's bridegroom in Ivan's story. Ivan is the cent...

Story Analysis

A poet's waxwork stories blur imagination, historical terror, and nightmare before returning him to waking reality.

Plot Progression

1. Stories From Wax
2. The Wishing Ring
3. Protection Through Magic
4. The Czar's Hourglass
5. The Museum Nightmare