Michael (1924)
September 26, 1924Release Date
Michael (1924)
September 26, 1924Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Walter Slezak
Michael
Max Auzinger
Jules - Majordomo
Nora Gregor
Princess Lucia Zamikoff
Robert Garrison
Charles Switt - Journalist
Benjamin Christensen
Claude Zoret
Didier Aslan
Duc de Monthieu
Alexander Murski
Mr. Adelsskjold
Grete Mosheim
Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
Karl Freund
LeBlanc - Art Dealer / Director of Photography
Wilhelmine Sandrock
Widow de Monthieu
Mady Christians
Woman (uncredited)
Thea von Harbou
Adaptation / Screenplay
Herman Bang
Novel
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Screenplay / Director / Adaptation
Hugo Häring
Art Direction / Costume Design
Hans Joseph Vieth
Music
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This Movie Is About.
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Michael (also known as Mikaël, Chained: The Story of the Third Sex, and Heart's Desire) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, director of other notable silents such as The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Master of the House (1925), and Leaves from Satan's Book (1921). The film stars Walter Slezak as the titular Michael, the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret (Benjamin Christensen). Along with Different from the Others (1919) and Sex in Chains (1928), Michael is widely considered a landmark in gay silent cinema.
The film is based on Herman Bang's 1902 novel Mikaël. It is the second screen adaptation of the book, the first being The Wings, made eight years prior by director Mauritz Stiller. Michael, however, follows Bang's storyline much more closely than the earlier film version did.