Michael (2026)

Michael

2026

Michael

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…

ReleasedApril 24, 2026

DirectorCarl Theodor Dreyer

WriterCarl Theodor Dreyer, Thea von Harbou

StarringWalter Slezak, Max Auzinger, Nora Gregor, Robert Garrison

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Cast

Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

Michael

Max Auzinger

Jules - Majordomo

Nora Gregor

Nora Gregor

Princess Lucia Zamikoff

Robert Garrison

Charles Switt - Journalist

Benjamin Christensen

Benjamin Christensen

Claude Zoret

Didier Aslan

Duc de Monthieu

Alexander Murski

Alexander Murski

Mr. Adelsskjold

Grete Mosheim

Grete Mosheim

Mrs. Alice Adelsskjold

Karl Freund

LeBlanc - Art Dealer

Wilhelmine Sandrock

Widow de Monthieu

Mady Christians

Mady Christians

Woman (uncredited)

Crew

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Screenplay

Thea von Harbou

Thea von Harbou

Screenplay

Karl Freund

Director of Photography

Rudolph Maté

Rudolph Maté

Director of Photography

Erich Pommer

Erich Pommer

Producer

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