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Walter Slezak.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Mikaël
(Michael)
Also known as Heart’s Desire and Michael in the United Kingdom; Chained and Michael in the USA : [The Invert]
(1924) Germany
B&W : [?] Seven? reels / 1966 metres
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast: Benjamin Christensen [Claude Zoret], Walter Slezak [Eugène Mikaël], Nora Gregor [La Princesse Lucia Zamikow], Robert Garrison [Charles Switt], Dider Aslan [Duc de Monthieu], Alexander Murski [Adelsskjold], Grete Mosheim [Alice Adelsskjold], Max Auzinger [Jules, the majordomo], Karl Freund [Kunsthändlr LeBlanc (the art dealer LeBlanc)], Wilhelmine Sandrock [Herzoginwitwe Monthieu (the Duchess, widow de Monthieu)], Mady Christians, [?] ? [Baron Eugène de Klotz]
Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft production; distributed by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]. / Produced by Erich Pommer. Scenario by Carl Theodor Dreyer and Thea von Harbou, from the novel Mikaël by Hermann Bang. Set design by Hugo Häring. Cinematography by Karl Freund + [Rudolph Maté]. / Released 26 September 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as Vingarne (1916). The film was shown in New York, New York, on 14 December 1926.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in Det Danske Filminstitut film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 19 July 2023.
References: Film viewing : Mottram-Danish p. 111; Shipman-Cinema p. 85 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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