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Michael

"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."

Cast

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Walter Slezak

as Michael

29113

Max Auzinger

as Jules - Majordomo

11534

Nora Gregor

as Princess Lucia Zamikoff

222674

Robert Garrison

as Charles Switt - Journalist

89674

Benjamin Christensen

as Claude Zoret

222676

Didier Aslan

as Duc de Monthieu

1188247

Alexander Murski

as Mr. Adelsskjold

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Grete Mosheim

as Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold

70

Karl Freund

as LeBlanc - Art Dealer

1523496

Wilhelmine Sandrock

as Widow de Monthieu

14357

Mady Christians

as Woman (uncredited)

Crew

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Herman Bang

Novel

157

Thea von Harbou

Adaptation

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

Adaptation

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

Screenplay

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

Director

157

Thea von Harbou

Screenplay

1877179

Hans Joseph Vieth

Music

70

Karl Freund

Director of Photography

1877180

Hugo Häring

Art Direction

1877180

Hugo Häring

Costume Design

11593

Rudolph Maté

Director of Photography

67

Erich Pommer

Producer