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Michael

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  • Drama
  • Romance

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.

Keywords

  • lgbt
  • gay theme
  • princess
  • artist
  • gay interest
  • model
  • silent film

Details

Status
Released
Release date
September 26, 1924
Original language
German
Countries
Germany
Production
UFA
Producer
Erich Pommer
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Michael (1924) | Kinocult