Michael (1924)
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.
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Cast
- Walter Slezak — Eugene Michael
- Benjamin Christensen — Claude Zoret
- Nora Gregor — Princess Lucia Zamikoff
- Max Auzinger — Jules - Majordomo
- Robert Garrison — Charles Switt - Art Critic
- Karl Freund — LeBlanc - Art Dealer
- Alexander Murski — Mr. Adelsskjold
- Grete Mosheim — Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
- Didier Aslan — Duke Monthieu
- Wilhelmine Sandrock — Dowager Duchess Monthieu
- Eugène de Klotz — Baron
- Mady Christians — Woman (uncredited)
Where to watch Michael
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