A great, aging artist succumbs to despair when the young model and pupil he adores leaves him for a woman. Although the story is discreetly played at a father/adopted son level on the surface, the homosexual subtext is quite clear in this early Dreyer film made in Germany.
Bibliographic Details
| Corporate Author: |
Kino International Corporation |
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| Other Authors: |
Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968,
Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954,
Pommer, Erich, 1889-1966,
Slezak, Walter, 1902-1983,
Freund, Karl, 1890-1969,
Christensen, Benjamin, 1879-1959,
Grégor, Nora, 1901-1949,
Maté, Rudolph, 1899-1964,
Shepard, David,
Bang, Herman, 1857-1912 |
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| Format: | Video
DVD
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
[New York, N.Y.] :
Kino International Corp.,
2004.
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| Series: | Gay-themed films of the German silent era.
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