Michael
1924•1h 35m•6.4•Released
DramaRomance
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
Writer
Thea von Harbou, Carl Theodor Dreyer
Languages
No Language
Studio
UFA
Cast
Walter Slezak
Eugene Michael
Benjamin Christensen
Claude Zoret
Nora Gregor
Princess Lucia Zamikoff
Max Auzinger
Jules - Majordomo
Robert Garrison
Charles Switt - Art Critic
Karl Freund
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
Alexander Murski
Mr. Adelsskjold
Grete Mosheim
Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
Didier Aslan
Duke Monthieu
Wilhelmine Sandrock
Dowager Duchess Monthieu
Eugène de Klotz
Baron
Mady Christians
Woman (uncredited)
Production
Company
UFA
Producer
Erich Pommer
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