Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau – Tartuffe (1925)

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Tartuffe (1925)

Published 21 Mar 2020

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A Film Directed by FW Murnau with Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni.

Tartuffe (1925)
Original Title Herr Tartüff
Language German

Synopsis | Plot

In Tartuffe, Murnau Revisits Moliére’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 Molière’s Tale with A Modern Day Plot Concerning A House Keeper’s Stealthy Efforts to Poison her Elderly Aster and Tazof his Estate. The Most Gifted Visual Story Teller of the German Silent Era, FW Murnau Crafted Works of Great Subtlety and Emotional Complexity through his Absolute Command 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.