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Tartuffe / The Way To Murnau (Herr Tartüff)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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lnspired by Moliere's classic fabIe of greed hypocrisy and murder.
The most gifted visual storytelIer of the German siIent era, F.W. Murnau crafted works of great subtlety and emotional complexity through his absoIute command of of the cinematic medium. Known for such dazzling fiIms as Nosferatu , The Last Laugh , Faust and Sunrise , Murnau was aIso drawn to more intimate dramas exploring the dark corners of the human mind.
ln Tartuffe, he revisits Moliere's fabIe of reIigious hypocrisy, in which a faithful wife tries to convince her husband that their morally superior guest, Tartuffe , is in fact a lecherous hypocrite with a taste for the grape. To endow the story with contemporary relevance, Murnau frames Moliere's taIe with a modern-day plot concerning a housekeeper's steaIthy efforts to poison her eIderIy master and take controI of his estate. |
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