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.
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Cast
12 people
Walter Slezak
Eugene Michael
Known for
Lifeboat
The Pirate
Benjamin Christensen
Claude Zoret
Known for
Häxan
Nora Gregor
Princess Lucia Zamikoff
Known for
The Rules of the Game
Max Auzinger
Jules - Majordomo
Also in
Sacrifice
Robert Garrison
Charles Switt - Art Critic
Known for
Joyless Street
Karl Freund
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
Alexander Murski
Mr. Adelsskjold
Known for
Joyless Street
Grete Mosheim
Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
Also in
Cyanide
Car of Dreams
Didier Aslan
Duke Monthieu
Also in
Hölle der Liebe
Die Andere
Wilhelmine Sandrock
Dowager Duchess Monthieu
Eugène de Klotz
Baron
No other roles listed
Mady Christians
Woman (uncredited)
Known for
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Heidi
Carl Theodor Dreyer Director · Thea von Harbou Screenplay Herman Bang Author
First release September 26, 1924 · Produced in Germany · Production Universum Film (UFA)
Production
UFA
Production
Universum Film (UFA)
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · September 26, 1924
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 6, 2025 · Physical
Greece
July 16, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-Issue
Netherlands
July 8, 2008 · Physical · DVD
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