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Tartuffe

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Original title

Herr Tartüff

Year

1925

Running time

64 min.

Country

Germany

Director

F.W. Murnau

Screenwriter

Carl Mayer. Play: Molière

Cast

Music

Giuseppe Becce (Silent Movie)

Cinematography

Karl Freund (B&W)

Producer

U.F.A

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.

Rankings Position

#39 Best German Movies of all time
#85 Best Silent Movies of all time

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Tartuffe

1925

F.W. Murnau

7.3

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