Michael [Blu-ray]

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer

Overview

Claude Zoret (Benjamin Christiansen) is a celebrated painter who falls in love with his pupil, prot?g?, and model Michael (Walter Slezak) in this silent melodrama from 1924. When Michael betrays him by taking Princess Lucia (Nora Gregor) as his lover, the heartbroken Zoret is unable to paint and loses the will to live. Michael arrives to visit Zoret on his deathbed when he learns of his mentor's condition. The character of Zoret was said to have been based on Auguste Rodin. The film was a breakthrough in the early career of director Carl Theodore Dreyer and heralded in Germany as the first Kammerspeil feature and "chamber drama." Long thought to be lost, a copy was found in East Germany in 1958 and later restored by the Danish Film Museum in Copenhagen.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/18/2023
UPC:	0738329263294
Original Release:	1924
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Benjamin Christensen	Claude Zoret
Walter Slezak	Michael
Max Auzinger	Jules
Nora Gregor	Princess Lucia
Dider Aslan	Duc de Monthieu
Alexander Murski	Adelsskjold
Rob Garrison	Switt
Grete Mosheim	Alice Adelsskjold
Alexander Mursky	Mr. Adelskjold
Karl Freund	Leblanc, arl dealer

Technical Credits

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Thea von Harbou

Carl Theodor Dreyer	Director,Screenwriter
Erich Pommer	Producer
Thea von Harbou	Screenwriter