The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
80 audience votes
Key crew
- F. W. MurnauDirector
- Giuseppe BecceOriginal Music Composer
- Carl MayerWriter
Cast
- Emil JanningsTartüff
- Werner KraussHerr Orgon
- Lil DagoverFrau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
- Hermann PichaDer Greis
- Rosa ValettiSeine Haushälterin / Housekeeper
- André MattoniSein Enkel / Grandson
- Lucie HöflichDorine
- Camilla Horn(uncredited)
Stills
Themes
fraudsilent film