The film starred Emil Jannings as Tartuffe, Lil Dagover as Elmire and Werner Krauss as Orgon. Although retaining the basic plot, Murnau and Mayer pared down Molière's play, eliminating most of the secondary characters and concentrating on the triangle of Orgon, Elmire and Tartuffe. They also introduced a framing device, whereby the story of Tartuffe becomes a film-within-a-film, shown by a young actor as a device to warn his grandfather about his unctuous but evil housekeepe.
Showing posts with label Carl Mayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carl Mayer. Show all posts
January 15, 2015
Tartuffe (1925)
Labels:
1920's,
1925,
André Mattoni,
Carl Mayer,
Drama,
expressionism,
expressionist,
F.W. Murnau,
Hermann Picha,
hypocrisy,
legacy hunter,
Molière,
Rosa Valetti,
Tartuffe,
travelling cinema
November 08, 2014
Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire (1920)
Genuine
Genuine (original German title: Genuine, die Tragödie eines seltsamen Hauses; literally: Genuine, the tragedy of a strange house) is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene. It was also released as Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire.
August 31, 2014
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Trailer
Labels:
1920's,
1927,
Carl Mayer,
city,
Drama,
F.W. Murnau,
farmer,
George O'Brien,
german expressionism,
Hermann Sudermann,
Janet Gaynor,
Love,
Margaret Livingston,
murder,
Romance,
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
March 31, 2014
The Haunted Castle (1921)
Labels:
1920's,
1921,
Arnold Korff,
Carl Mayer,
Crime,
Drama,
F.W. Murnau,
full movie,
Horror,
Lothar Mehnert,
Lulu Kyser-Korff,
murder,
Mystery,
prophecy,
Rudolf Stratz,
smoke,
The Haunted Castle
July 08, 2013
May 10, 2013
May 08, 2013
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