Drama ·Comedy · Germany · 1926 · 1h 2m

Tartuffe

Herr Tartüff

Director

Cast

Emil Jannings as Tartüff Werner Krauss as Herr Orgon Lil Dagover as Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife Hermann Picha as Der Greis Rosa Valetti as Seine Haushälterin / Housekeeper André Mattoni as Sein Enkel / Grandson

Crew

Karl Freund — Director of Photography Giuseppe Becce — Original Music Composer Carl Mayer — Writer Erich Pommer — Producer Robert Herlth — Costume Design Walter Röhrig — Costume Design

Synopsis

A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.

Mood & Themes

fraud silent film

Key Collaborators

F. W. Murnau Director Karl Freund Director of Photography Giuseppe Becce Original Music Composer Carl Mayer Writer Erich Pommer Producer Robert Herlth Costume Design Walter Röhrig Costume Design

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