An elderly painter, Claude Zoret, adores the young pupil he has adopted first as a model and then as his son. Zoret watches helplessly as Mikaël drifts away from his exotic love into an affair with the even more exotic Princess Zamikoff. Driven to despair by the boy's unconscious cruelty, he shuts himself away as a hermit, gives up his will to live, and dies after leaving everything he owns to Mikaël. (Excerpt from "The Cinema of Carl Dreyer" by Tom Milne, published 1971).
| Original title | Michael |
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| Danish title | Mikaël |
| International titles | Chained |
| Director | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Screenplay | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Based on | Efter Herman Bangs roman "Mikaël" (1904). |
| Director of Photography | Karl Freund, Rudolph Maté |
| Composer | Karsten Fundal |
| Production designer | Hugo Häring |
| Appearance | Benjamin Christensen, Walter Slezak, Nora Gregor, Alexander Murski |
| Production country | Germany |
| Domestic distribution | Dansk-Svensk Film |
| Technical info | 1966 meter, 35 mm, 1,33:1, Black/white, Silent |
| Danish theatrical release | 17.11.1924 |
| Cinemas | Palads Uropførelse i Berlin 26/9 1924 i Ufa-Theater Kurfürstendamm |
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| Production company | Decla-Bioscop |
| Domestic distribution | Dansk-Svensk Film |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Carl Th. Dreyer |
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| Script | Carl Th. Dreyer |
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| Executive producer | Erich Pommer |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Karl Freund |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Camera assistant | Robert Baberske |
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Music |
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| Music | Karsten Fundal |
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Production design |
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| Production design | Hugo Häring |
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Appearance |
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| Claude Zoret, maler | Benjamin Christensen |
| Mikaël | Walter Slezak |
| Prinsesse Zamikow | Nora Gregor |
| Hr. Adelsskjold | Alexander Murski |
| Fru Adelsskjold | Grete Mosheim |
| Schwitt | Robert Garrison |
| Hertug de Monthieu | Didier Aslan |
| Kunsthandler Leblanc | Karl Freund |
| Enke | Wilhelmine Sandrock |
| Baron | Eugène de Klotz |
| Appearance | Max Auzinger |
| Appearance | Mady Christians |
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