Michael (1924)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1924-09-26
Runtime: 95 minutes
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Top Cast
- Walter Slezak as Michael
- Max Auzinger as Jules - Majordomo
- Nora Gregor as Princess Lucia Zamikoff
- Robert Garrison as Charles Switt - Journalist
- Benjamin Christensen as Claude Zoret
- Didier Aslan as Duc de Monthieu
- Alexander Murski as Mr. Adelsskjold
- Grete Mosheim as Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
- Karl Freund as LeBlanc - Art Dealer
- Wilhelmine Sandrock as Widow de Monthieu
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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