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Tartüff
Also known as Tartuffe and Tartuffe, the Hypocrite in the USA; Tartuffe in the United Kingdom : [Herr Tartüff]
(1926) Germany
B&W : [?] Seven? reels / 1939 metres
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Cast: Emil Jannings [Herr Tartüff], Werner Krauß (Werner Krauss) [Herr Orgon], Lil Dagover [Elmire, Orgons frau (Orgon’s wife)], Lucie Höflich [Dorine (Orgon’s housekeeper)], Hermann Picha [alter rat (the old councelor)], Rosa Valetti [haushälterin (his housekeeper)], André Mattoni [enkel (his grandson)]; Camilla Horn [Dagover’s double]
Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA] production; distributed by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]. / Produced by Erich Pommer. Scenario by Carl Mayer, from the play Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Molière. Production design by Walter Röhrig and Robert Herlth. Costume design by Walter Röhrig and Robert Herlth. Makeup artist, Waldemar Jabs. Cinematography by Karl Freund. Camera assistant, Robert Baberske. Original music score by Giuseppe Becce. / Premiered 25 January 1926 in the Gloria-Palast theatre in Berlin, Germany. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The Library of Congress film archive repatriated a 35mm nitrate positive to the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv; which was restored by them and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau-Stiftung in 2002.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm restoration negative (USA export version)].
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Keywords: Housekeepers - Hypocrites
Listing updated: 11 December 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 255; FilmYearBook-1926 front endpapers; Geduld-Birth pp. 39, 147; Limbacher-Feature p. 243; Lloyd-Seventy p. 34; Shipman-Cinema p. 89 : Cinemonkey-16 p. 15 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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