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Tartuffe

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7.3
1,136
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Original title
Herr Tartüff
Year
Running time
64 min.
Country
Germany Germany
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Giuseppe Becce (Silent Movie)
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Comedy. Drama | Silent Film. German Expressionism
Movie Groups
Molière Adaptations
Synopsis
In Tartuffe, Murnau revisits Moliére's fable of religious hypocrisy, in which a faithful wife (Lil Dagover) tries to convince her husband (Werner Krauss) that their morally superior guest, Tartuffe (Emil Jannings), is in fact a lecherous hypocrite with a taste for the grape. To endow the story with contemporary relevance, Murnau frames Moliére's tale with a modern-day plot concerning a housekeeper's stealthy efforts to poison her elderly master and take control of his estate.

The most gifted visual storyteller of the German silent era, F. W. Murnau crafted works of great subtlety and emotional complexity through his absolute command of the cinematic medium. Known for such dazzling films as Nosferatu (1922), The Last Laugh (1924), Faust (1926), and Sunrise (1927), Murnau was also drawn to more intimate dramas exploring the dark corners of the human mind.
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