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Michael

Michael

1924 · 95 min · DE · 6.4 (55 votes)
Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer · Starring Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen, Nora Gregor, Max Auzinger, Robert Garrison, Karl Freund
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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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A visually stunning, deeply emotional journey into the heart of artistic obsession and unspoken desire. It's a quiet, contemplative film that lingers long after the credits roll, exploring the complexities of love and longing.

melancholicromanticyearningintrospectiveslow-burnsilent filmperiod dramaarthouseexpressionisticforbidden loveartistic struggleidentityunrequited affection
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