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Robert Garrison(1872-1930)

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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. Available to pre-order http://amzn.to/2kbGiVG
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Michael (1924)
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Robert Garrison was born on 18 July 1872 in Strassburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929), Michael (1924) and The Constant Nymph (1928). He died on 5 January 1930 in Berlin, Germany.
BornJuly 18, 1872
DiedJanuary 5, 1930(57)
BornJuly 18, 1872
DiedJanuary 5, 1930(57)
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Known for

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
6.4
  • Falkland
  • 1929
Benjamin Christensen in Michael (1924)
Michael
7.1
  • Kunstkritiker Charles Switt
  • 1924
The Constant Nymph (1928)
The Constant Nymph
7.1
  • Kiril Trigorin
  • 1928
The Ship of Lost Men (1929)
The Ship of Lost Men
6.5
  • Der Vermieter - The Landlord
  • 1929

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Actor

  • Rivalen im Weltrekord
    • Ein Sternberg
    • 1930
  • Polizeispionin 77
    • Kriminalassistent Wilhelm
    • 1930
  • Gehetzte Mädchen (1930)
    Gehetzte Mädchen
    • 1930
  • Die Frau ohne Nerven
    6.8
    • 1930
  • Engel im Séparée
    • 1929
  • Domenico Gambino in Ich hab mein Herz im Autobus verloren (1929)
    Ich hab mein Herz im Autobus verloren
    • 1929
  • The Ship of Lost Men (1929)
    The Ship of Lost Men
    6.5
    • Der Vermieter - The Landlord
    • 1929
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles
    6.4
    • Falkland
    • 1929
  • Madame im Strandbad
    • Jonathan Goldfisch
    • 1929
  • Billy Wilder, Robert Garrison, and Eddie Polo in Hell of a Reporter (1929)
    Hell of a Reporter
    6.6
    • Jonas
    • 1929
  • Ja, ja, die Frauen sind meine schwache Seite (1929)
    Ja, ja, die Frauen sind meine schwache Seite
    • Bunk, Bingens Kompagnon
    • 1929
  • Meineid - Ein Paragraph, der Menschen tötet (1929)
    Meineid - Ein Paragraph, der Menschen tötet
    • 1929
  • Das närrische Glück
    • Filmdirektor
    • 1929
  • Der Zigeunerprimas
    • Bankier Rothschild
    • 1929
  • Heut' war ich bei der Frieda
    • M. Heuser
    • 1928

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  • Born
    • July 18, 1872
    • Strassburg, Germany
  • Died
    • January 5, 1930
    • Berlin, Germany

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    At the age of only 58 he died as a consequence of meat poisoning.

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