Max Auzinger(1839-1928)

Actor

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Based on Herman Bang's 1902 novel of the same name, Dreyer's film is a fascinating fin-de-siècle study of a "decadent" elderly artist (Benjamin Christensen) driven to despair by his relationship with his young protégé and former model, Michael (Walter Slezak). With suffocatingly sumptuous production design by renowned architect Hugo Häring (his only film work), this Kammerspiel, or "intimate theatre", foreshadows Dreyer's magnificent final film Gertrud, by forty years with its "Now I may die content, for I have seen great love" epigraph. Michael was scripted by Dreyer with Fritz Lang's wife, Thea von Harbou (Metropolis, M, etc). It stars the director Benjamin Christensen (Häxan); Walter Slezak (Hitchcock's Lifeboat); Nora Gregor (Renoir's The Rules of the Game); Mady Christians (Ophüls' Letter from an Unknown Woman); and Karl Freund (who also shot Metropolis) in his only ever appearance as an actor. Freund lensed most of Michael too, but left to work on Murnau's The Last Laugh, and Rudolph Maté took over. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Carl Th. Dreyer's Michael for the first time ever on Blu-ray, from a new 2K restoration.

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Michael (1924)

Max Auzinger was born on 26 July 1839 in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria [now Bavaria, Germany]. He was an actor, known for Michael (1924), Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne (1918) and Nirwâna (1916). He was married to Anna Maria Paulus. He died on 14 May 1928 in Berlin, Germany.

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Michael (1924)

7.1

Jules - Majordomus

1924

Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne (1918)

Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne

5.9

Actor

1918

Actor

1916

Die Stunde der Vergeltung

Actor

1918

Credits

Actor

Michael
7.1
- Jules - Majordomus
- 1924
Der Tod versöhnt
- 1920
Das Testament des Grafen Hammerstein
- Graf Egon Hammerstein
- 1920
Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne
5.9
- 1918
Die Stunde der Vergeltung
- 1918
Die Dame mit dem Monokel
- 1917
Nirwâna
- 1916
Menschen und Masken
Short
- 1913

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Carl Th. Dreyer's MICHAEL (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive Trailer

Carl Th. Dreyer's MICHAEL (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive Trailer

Personal details

Alternative name
- Ben Ali Bey
Born
- July 26, 1839
- Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria [now Bavaria, Germany]
Died
- May 14, 1928
- Berlin, Germany
Spouse
- Anna Maria Paulus? - May 14, 1928 (his death, 1 child)

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Trivia
Max Auzinger used the pseudonym Ben Aly Bey and he was very successful in this field (creating special effects and black faced) - both as an actor and director. He distributed his performances with a touch of magic and he enchanted the audience with his illusions.

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