25 January 1926 Drama, Comedy 62 mins
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.
Watch the official Tartuffe 1926 trailer in HD below.
Emil Jannings as Tartüff
Werner Krauss as Herr Orgon
Lil Dagover as Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
Hermann Picha as Der Greis
Rosa Valetti as Seine Haushälterin / Housekeeper
André Mattoni as Sein Enkel / Grandson
Lucie Höflich as Dorine
Camilla Horn as (uncredited)
F. W. Murnau Director
Molière Theatre Play
Erich Pommer Producer
Giuseppe Becce Original Music Composer
Karl Freund Director of Photography
Robert Herlth Art Direction
Walter Röhrig Art Direction
Robert Herlth Costume Design
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Germany 25 January 1926
Finland 16 November 1925
Sweden 01 March 1929
United States 24 July 1927
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Directed by F. W. Murnau Produced by Erich Pommer Written by Carl Mayer Starring Hermann Picha Rosa Valetti Werner Krauss Lil Dagover Lucie Höflich Emil ...
TARTUFFE By Molière; translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur Directed by Maria Aitken Thompson Theatre Roselle Center for the Arts April 20 - May 7 ...
Young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own ...
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Tartuffe full hd movie trailer.
The video is an adaptation of the classic French play Tartuffe. Instead of focusing on religion this video focuses on political movie trailer style ...
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