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Michael
Directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Not Rated
1924
1h 33m
Drama
,
Romance
7.1
94%
71%
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Triangle story: painter, his young male model, unscrupulous princess.
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Where to Watch Michael
Kanopy
Free
Cast of Michael
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
Wilhelmine Sandrock
Widow de Monthieu
Mady Christians
Woman (uncredited)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director / Writer
Herman Bang
Writer
Thea von Harbou
Writer
Erich Pommer
Producer
Michael Ratings & Reviews
Loud and Clear Reviews
Morgan Olson
Carl Theodor Dreyer's Michael is a staggeringly sensitive portrayal of queer love and a historically progressive and vulnerable feature.
Bay Area Reporter
David-Elijah Nahmod
When it was made there was no queer cinema to speak of, only a small handful of such films had been made. That the lead characters' homosexuality was made so apparent was a giant step forward in the annals of moviemaking.
TheArtsStl
Sarah Boslaugh
Cinematographers Karl Freund and Rudolph Maté shoot Michael with a variable soft frame and dramatic lighting that draws attention to the film as a created work of art. It's expressionism at its finest...
Chicago Reader
Cody Corrall
...it holds its own not just through its stunning technical prowess, but also in its surprising cultural longevity.
Battleship Pretension
David Bax
Ultimately, Michael amounts to little more than dull melodrama but the prestigious cast and crew make it worth your while.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A unique and ahead of its time LGBTQ romance dealing in societal taboos...
1More Film Blog
Kenneth R. Morefield
Perhaps our understanding and appreciation of great auteurs would be enhanced if we would stop dismissing and explaining away their marginal and marginalized films.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Closeups of burning intensity and opulent tableaux of frozen horror suggest the great director's transcendent theme, of divine grace granted and withheld.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Illuminated by extraordinary reserves of feeling
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
A dull piece of work, redeemed only by some artistic scenes and Benjamin Christensen's able portrayal of Claude Zoret, an artist.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
As drama, the characters remain too distant to offer the warmth needed for Dreyer to convey that love in its purity conquers all in the end.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A truly fascinating film with just the tiniest hint of the greatness yet to come.
Reno Gazette-Journal
Mark Robison
Minor Dreyer film but the ending makes it worthwhile.
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
Many critics have chosen to downplay the film's gay subtext, but to do so would deny the power of Dreyer's fastidious attention to the polarity of love's vicissitudes.
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Matt Bailey
If the mechanics of the plot seem, well, mechanical, what sets the film apart from other silent melodramas of the time is the unspoken dialectic between love and art.
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