Tartuffe

IMDb link: 0017448
IMDb rating: 7.1 (2,948 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: F.W. Murnau
Cast: Werner Krauss, Rosa Valetti, Hermann Picha, André Mattoni and others

Release date: 24 Jul 1927
Release year: 1925
Runtime: 70 minutes
Country: Germany
Keywords: character name as title, tartuffe character, two word title, film within a film, murnau and jannings, expressionism, legacy hunter, travelling cinema, hypocrisy, poison

Plot:

A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Moliere's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.

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