Michael
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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.
Run Time
1h 35m
Genre
Drama, Romance
Release Date
26 Sep 1924
Country
Germany
Language
No Language
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Walter SlezakMichael
Jules - Majordomo
Nora GregorPrincess Lucia Zamikoff
Charles Switt - Journalist
Benjamin ChristensenClaude Zoret
Duc de Monthieu
Alexander MurskiMr. Adelsskjold
Grete MosheimMrs. Alice Adelsskjold
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
Widow de Monthieu
Mady ChristiansWoman (uncredited)


Carl Theodor Dreyer
Erich Pommer
Thea von Harbou
Rudolph Maté