Michael [Blu-ray]

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 b...