Michael (1924)
1924 · Silent film · 95 min · dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Drama
- Romance
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; their relationship, infused with the eroticism of art, also gives way to religion as the duke becomes ill.
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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
- Language
- German
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
Carl Theodor Dreyer Director
Walter Slezak- Max Auzinger
Nora Gregor- Robert Garrison
Benjamin Christensen- Didier Aslan
Alexander Murski
Grete Mosheim
