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Michael / UFA ; written by Thea Von Harbou and Carl Theodor Dreyer ; producer, Erich Pommer ; directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 038 203
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LIBRA DVD 012 875
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Gay-themed films of the German silent era
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Bang, Herman, 1857-1912--Film adaptations.
- Bang, Herman.
- Bang, Herman, 1857-1912.
- Gay men--Germany--Drama.
- Gay men.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Silent films.
- Romance films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Original title: Mikaël
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino International Corp., [2004]
- Language Note:
- Silent film English intertitles and added musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A great, aging artist succumbs to despair when the young model and pupil he adores leaves him for a woman. Although the story is discreetly played at a father/adopted son level on the surface, the homosexual subtext is quite clear in this early Dreyer film made in Germany.
- Participant:
- Walter Slezak, Max Auzinger, Nora Gregor, Robert Garrison, Benjamin Christensen, Dider Aslan, Alexander Murski, Grete Moshem, Karl Freund.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Karl Freund, Rudolph Maté ; produced for video by David Shepard ; original music, Neal Kurz.
- Notes:
- Special features: audio commentary by Danish film scholar Casper Tybjerg ; Dreyer: a compete filmography.
- Videodisc release of the 1924 motion picture.
- Based on the novel by Herman Bang.
- OCLC:
- 57443435
- Publisher Number:
- 738329038922
- K389 Kino International Corp.
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