Tartuffe

Tartuffe

70 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 25, 1926

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.

Tartuffe

70 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 25, 1926

Tartuffe
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Herr Tartüff
Directors F. W. Murnau
Writers Molière, Carl Mayer

Cast

Emil Jannings

as Tartüff

Werner Krauß

as Herr Orgon

Lil Dagover

as Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife

Hermann Picha

as Der Greis

Rosa Valetti

as Seine Haushälterin / Housekeeper

André Mattoni

as Sein Enkel / Grandson

Lucie Höflich

as Dorine

Camilla Horn

as (uncredited)