Michael (1924)
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.
Director:
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writers:
Thea von Harbou, Carl Theodor Dreyer.
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Walter Slezak as Michael |
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Max Auzinger as Jules - Majordomo |
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Nora Gregor as Princess Lucia Zamikoff |
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Robert Garrison as Charles Switt - Journalist |
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Benjamin Christensen as Claude Zoret |
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Didier Aslan as Duc de Monthieu |
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Alexander Murski as Mr. Adelsskjold |
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Grete Mosheim as Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold |
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Karl Freund as LeBlanc - Art Dealer |
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Wilhelmine Sandrock as Widow de Monthieu |
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Mady Christians as Woman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Director |
| Writing | Herman Bang | Novel |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Adaptation |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Adaptation |
| Writing | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Screenplay |
| Production | Erich Pommer | Producer |
| Sound | Hans Joseph Vieth | Music |
| Camera | Rudolph Maté | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hugo Häring | Costume Design |
| Art | Hugo Häring | Art Direction |
