Tartuffe
Jan 25 1926
•1h 2m
•Drama, Comedy
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.
Cast
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Emil Jannings
Tartüff
Werner Krauss
Herr Orgon
Lil Dagover
Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
Hermann Picha
Der Greis
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