Tartüff
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Tartuffe
An old man is nursed by his house-keeper out of sheer charity. At least that his what he thinks. Actually, the greedy woman is straight after the ill man′s fortune. In addition, she is not willing to share the money with anyone. Thus, she successfully defames the old man′s nephew who as a result gets disinherited. But the nephew does not give up so easily. Instead, he uses his acting talent to bring out the true face of his uncle′s house-keeper. Disguised beyond recognition, he shows a movie in his travelling cinema that is a simile to the greedy house-keeper′s scheme. The film tells the story of wily Tartüff who wants to fool a friend out of his money but who is exposed by a trick of his victim′s wife. When the nephew takes of his mask after the film′s screening, the house-keeper gives herself away. Now even the old uncle realises that she was only interested in his fortune and chases the sneaky woman out.
Credits
| Director: | F. W. Murnau |
| Screenplay: | Carl Mayer |
| Director of photography: | Karl Freund |
| Music: | Giuseppe Becce |
| Cast: | |
| Emil Jannings | Herr Tartüff |
| Werner Krauß | Orgon |
| Lil Dagover | Elmire |
| Lucie Höflich | Dorine |
| André Mattoni | Neffe |
| Hermann Picha | Greiser Onkel - in der Rahmenhandlung |
| Rosa Valetti | Haushälterin |
| Production company: | Universum-Film AG (UFA) (Berlin) |
| Producer: | Erich Pommer |
All Credits
| Director: | F. W. Murnau |
| Assistant director: | Erich Holder |
| Screenplay: | Carl Mayer |
| based on: | Molière (Komödie "Le Tartuffe ou l'imposteur") |
| Director of photography: | Karl Freund |
| Assistant camera: | Robert Baberske |
| Production design: | Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig |
| Costume design: | Robert Herlth |
| Make-up artist: | Waldemar Jabs |
| Music: | Giuseppe Becce |
| Arrangement: | Rolf Unkel (Instrumentierung 1972 nach G. Becce) |
| Conductor: | Ignatz Waghalter (Bei der deutschen Erstaufführung) |
| Cast: | |
| Emil Jannings | Herr Tartüff |
| Werner Krauß | Orgon |
| Lil Dagover | Elmire |
| Lucie Höflich | Dorine |
| André Mattoni | Neffe |
| Hermann Picha | Greiser Onkel - in der Rahmenhandlung |
| Rosa Valetti | Haushälterin |
| Production company: | Universum-Film AG (UFA) (Berlin) |
| Producer: | Erich Pommer |
| Shoot: | 03.1925-04.1925: Ufa-Atelier, Tempelhof |
| Original distributor: | UFA-Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin) |
| Length: | 5 Akte, 1876 m |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,33 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, stumm |
| Rating: | Zensur (DE): 13.08.1925, B.11003, Jugendverbot |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (AT): 20.11.1925, Wien; Erstaufführung (DE): 25.01.1926, Berlin, Gloria-Palast; TV-Erstsendung (DE): 27.02.1973, ZDF |
Titles
| Originaltitel (DE) Tartüff |
| Verleihtitel (AT) Der Scheinheilige |
| Zensurtitel Herr Tartüff |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 5 Akte, 1876 m |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,33 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, stumm |
| Rating: | Zensur (DE): 13.08.1925, B.11003, Jugendverbot |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (AT): 20.11.1925, Wien; Erstaufführung (DE): 25.01.1926, Berlin, Gloria-Palast; TV-Erstsendung (DE): 27.02.1973, ZDF |




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