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Tartuffe
Directed by
F. W. Murnau
Not Rated
1925
70m
Drama
,
Comedy
7.1
88%
77%
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A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.
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Cast of Tartuffe
Emil Jannings
Tartüff
Werner Krauß
Herr Orgon
Lil Dagover
Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
Hermann Picha
Der Greis
Rosa Valetti
Seine Haushälterin / Housekeeper
André Mattoni
Sein Enkel / Grandson
Lucie Höflich
Dorine
Camilla Horn
(uncredited)
Tartuffe Reviews
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the first post-modern films (in which characters watch and are aware of films).
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
Murnau is, of course, an incredible visual stylist, and the golden-tinted hues of Karl Freund's cinematography are often breathtaking. But Tartuffe is ultimately one of Murnau's minor works.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The mise en scene is beautifully modulated and the performances -- by Emil Jannings, Lil Dagover, and Werner Krauss, among others -- are first-rate.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Martin Dickstein
Tartuffe, thanks mainly to Emil Jannings' splendid performance, is a film to merit your considerate attention.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
One of silent cinema's most rigorous formalist exercises
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Matt Bailey
While the film is arguably minor Murnau, it remains highly agreeable and full of the director's characteristic visual inventiveness, albeit on a smaller scale.
New York Times
Whatever else may be said about it, the picture is heavy and primitive.
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