Drama ·Romance · Germany · 1924 · 1h 35m

Michael

Michael poster
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast
Walter Slezak as Michael Max Auzinger as Jules - Majordomo Nora Gregor as Princess Lucia Zamikoff Robert Garrison as Charles Switt - Journalist Benjamin Christensen as Claude Zoret Didier Aslan as Duc de Monthieu
Crew
Karl Freund — Director of Photography Rudolph Maté — Director of Photography Carl Theodor Dreyer — Screenplay Thea von Harbou — Screenplay Herman Bang — Novel Erich Pommer — Producer
Synopsis

A mature and visually elegant period romance that remains one of the earliest and most compassionate overtly gay-themed films in movie history. Based upon Herman Bang's 1902 novel, Dreyer's Michael refashions the classical Greek myth of Jupiter and Ganymede into a love triangle between an aging artist, Zoret, his protagonist Michael, and Princess Zamikoff, an aristocratic femme fatale as entranced by Michael’s youthful beauty as Zoret is.

Trailer Michael — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
princessartistmodelsilent filmlgbtgay theme
Key Collaborators
Carl Theodor Dreyer Director Karl Freund Director of Photography Rudolph Maté Director of Photography Carl Theodor Dreyer Screenplay Thea von Harbou Screenplay Herman Bang Novel Erich Pommer Producer Hugo Häring Costume Design
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