Silent film with English intertitles and a musical score. Emil Jannings (Tartuffe), Werner Krauss (Orgon), Lil Dagover (Elmire), Herman Picha, Rosa Valetti. Adapted from the play by Molière. Originally produced as a motion picture 1925 with title: Tartüff. A foreign film (Germany).
Summary:
In this film within a film, a young actor with a traveling cinema screens a version of Molière's dark comedy about the religious hypocrite who insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian family for his gullible old grandfather and the scheming housekeeper who's slowly poisoning her master while hoping to inherit his wealth.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)36318264
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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