Michael (1924)
Drama · Romance
Overview
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
- Walter Slezak as Eugene Michael
- Benjamin Christensen as Claude Zoret
- Nora Gregor as Princess Lucia Zamikoff
- Max Auzinger as Jules - Majordomo
- Robert Garrison as Charles Switt - Art Critic
- Karl Freund as LeBlanc - Art Dealer
- Alexander Murski as Mr. Adelsskjold
- Grete Mosheim as Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
- Didier Aslan as Duke Monthieu
- Wilhelmine Sandrock as Dowager Duchess Monthieu