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Auction History Result 9m179 TARTUFFE German 8.5x11 still '25 Murnau directed, Lil Dagover & Emil Jannings! Date Sold 3/1/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical German 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Herr Tartuff (released in the U.S. in 1927 as "Tartuffe" and "Tartuffe: The Hypocrite"), the 1925 F.W. Murnau German silent family relationship inheritance melodrama (a very clever movie that was decades ahead of its time; about a young man who has a wealthy ancient grandfather, and he discovers that his grandfather's governess has exerted control over him to have him disinherit his grandson and leave his fortune to her; the young man, who is an actor, brings a filmed version of Moliere's Tartuffe to his grandfather and shows it to him; in that "film within a film", you see the story of a man who falls under the control of a religious fanatic, played by Emil Jannings, and it is only through great effort that the man comes to see that the religious fanatic he has been influenced by is actually a fraud; after the movie is shown, the grandfather realizes that he has been duped in a similar way by his governess) starring Emil Jannings (in the title role as Tartuffe, in the movie within the movie), Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, Andre Mattoni, Werner Krauss, Lil Dagover, and Lucie Hoflich. Note that director Murnau employed this unusual technique, which would later become far more common, but which was very extremely innovative in its day, and the cinematography was by long time Murnau collaborator, Karl Freund, and the movie is considered an amazing visual achievement (both the entire movie and the movie within the movie!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a country of origin still for this German movie. Also note that this still measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm] and it does not appear to have been trimmed. Condition: good. There is paper loss in the upper right corner and there are scuffs, smudges, and some creases throughout the still. There is a single tape repair on the back of one of the edges of the still. Learn More about condition grades 
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