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..

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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
Walter Slezak
Michael
Max Auzinger
Max Auzinger
Jules - Majordomo
Nora Gregor
Nora Gregor
Princess Lucia Zamikoff
Robert Garrison
Robert Garrison
Charles Switt - Journalist
Benjamin Christensen
Benjamin Christensen
Claude Zoret
Didier Aslan
Didier Aslan
Duc de Monthieu
Alexander Murski
Alexander Murski
Mr. Adelsskjold
Grete Mosheim
Grete Mosheim
Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
Karl Freund
Karl Freund
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
Wilhelmine Sandrock
Wilhelmine Sandrock
Widow de Monthieu
Mady Christians
Mady Christians
Woman (uncredited)

Trailer

Carl Th. Dreyer's MICHAEL (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive Trailer