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.
Directed by: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Top Billed Cast: Robert Garrison, Karl Freund, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Walter Slezak
Michael
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Max Auzinger
Jules - Majordomo
Nora Gregor
Princess Lucia Zamikoff
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Robert Garrison
Charles Switt - Journalist
Benjamin Christensen
Claude Zoret
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Didier Aslan
Duc de Monthieu
Alexander Murski
Mr. Adelsskjold
Grete Mosheim
Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
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Karl Freund
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
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Wilhelmine Sandrock
Widow de Monthieu
Mady Christians
Woman (uncredited)
