Michael (1924)
September 26, 1924Release Date
Michael (1924)
September 26, 1924Release Date
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Currently Michael is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy
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Cast & Crew.
Walter Slezak
Eugène Michael
Benjamin Christensen
Claude Zoret
Nora Gregor
Fürstin Lucia Zamikoff
Alexander Murski
Herr Adelsskjold
Grete Mosheim
Frau Alice Adelsskjold
Didier Aslan
Herzog Monthieu
Robert Garrison
Kunstkritiker Charles Switt
Max Auzinger
Jules - Majordomus
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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.