Michael (1924)

1924 · Silent film · 95 min · dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

• Drama
• Romance

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Synopsis

Mikaël is an artist who rises as his teacher, the aging Zoret, falls. Zoret gives Mikaël his start, and their relationship is sexual as well. Then Mikaël takes up with the Princess Zamikoff, selling gifts from Zoret and even stealing from the master to pay for his carnal and luxurious life with her. He abandons Zoret, whose health begins to fail but who also discovers spirituality in his solitude. In a subplot, Alice Adelsskjold cuckolds her husband and takes a lover, the Duke of Monthieu;…

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Details

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Writer

Herman Bang

Cinematography

Rudolph Maté

Studio

UFA

Released

1924-09-26

Running time

95 minutes

Cast & crew

• Carl Theodor Dreyer Director
• Walter Slezak
• MMax Auzinger
• Nora Gregor
• RRobert Garrison
• Benjamin Christensen
• DDidier Aslan
• Alexander Murski
• Grete Mosheim

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