Tartuffe [DVD] : plus the way to Murnau / adapted from Moliere's famous play by Carl Mayer ; directed by F.W. Murnau ; a UFA production ; produced by Erich Pommer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1925. Restored in 2002 as a collaborative project between the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv Berlin/Kloblenz and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung of Wiesbaden. Special features: The way to Murnau : documentary on the life and career of F.W. Murnou (35 min.) Synopsis and commentary by Jan-Christopher Horak and scene selection guide ([4] p. : ill.) inserted in container. Photography, Karl Freund ; art direction, Robert Hertlth, Walter Rhrig ; piano score, Javier Perez de Azpeitia. Emil Jannings, Lil Dagover, Werner Krauss, Rosa Valetti, Andre Mattoni, Hermann Picha.
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Special features: The way to Murnau : approaches to a lonely master, a film by Alexander Bohr (ZDF / 3sat ; 2003 ; 35 min.).
Summary:
A housekeeper's stealthy efforts to poison her elderly master and take control of his estate by convincing the master that his grandson is unworthy are uncovered. In the film's second plot a religious guest insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian family as the faithful wife tries to convince her husband that the man is a lecherous hypocrite.
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