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6.3A 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.
Released: 1924-09-2695 minDir: Carl Theodor DreyerDrama, Romance
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
Themes
- princess
- artist
- model
- silent film
- lgbt
- gay theme
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 910151
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- publication date
- 1924-01-01
- title
- Michael
- review score
- 94%
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Available in 16 languages
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- Português
- Italiano
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- Macedonian
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- Ukrainian
- فارسی
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Categories
1920s LGBTQ-related films1924 drama films1924 films1924 German filmsFilms based on Danish novelsFilms based on works by Herman BangFilms directed by Carl Theodor DreyerFilms of the Weimar RepublicFilms produced by Erich PommerFilms with screenplays by Thea von HarbouGerman black-and-white filmsGerman LGBTQ-related filmsGerman silent drama filmsGerman silent feature filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateUFA GmbH films