Where to Watch
Region
Prices last updated September 8, 2026. Pricing and availability may vary by region.
powered by JustWatch
About
A mature and visually elegant period romance that remains one of the earliest and most compassionate overtly gay-themed films in movie history. Based upon Herman Bang's 1902 novel, Dreyer's Michael refashions the classical Greek myth of Jupiter and Ganymede into a love triangle between an aging artist, Zoret, his protagonist Michael, and Princess Zamikoff, an aristocratic femme fatale as entranced by Michael’s youthful beauty as Zoret is.
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producer
Studio
UFA
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →W
Walter Slezak
Michael
N
Nora Gregor
Princess Lucia Zamikoff
R
Robert Garrison
Charles Switt - Journalist
B
Benjamin Christensen
Claude Zoret
D
Didier Aslan
Duc de Monthieu
A
Alexander Murski
Mr. Adelsskjold
G
Grete Mosheim
Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold
K
Karl Freund
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
M
Mady Christians
Woman (uncredited)
