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Tartuffe (1927)
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| Starring: | Emil Jannings, Lucie Hoflich, Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, Werner Krauss, Lil Dagover, Andre Mattoni, Camilla Horn |
| Director: | F.W. Murnau |
| Genre: | Silent, Drama |
| Year: | 1927 |
| Studio: | Kino Video |
| Length: | 63 minutes |
| Released: | November 11, 2003 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Subtitled) |
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SYNOPSIS: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 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.
In Tartuffe, he revisits Moliere'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 Moliere's tale with a modern-day plot concerning a housekeeper's stealthy efforts to poison her elderly master and take control of his estate.
BONUS FEATURES:
- The Way To Murnau: Documentary on the Life and Career of F.W. Murnau
- PLUS: Booklet essay by film scholar Jan Christopher Horak
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