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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.

Top 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

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.

Rating

6.3 / 10
52 Reviews
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