Michael (1924)
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.
- Date of release
- 1924-09-26
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (55)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
Casting
- 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)
Interesting facts
Michael is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. The film stars Walter Slezak as the titular Michael, the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret. Along with Different from the Others (1919) and Sex in Chains (1928), Michael is widely considered a landmark in gay silent cinema.
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