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.
Sein Enkel / Grandson
The original title is "Herr Tartüff" (DE).
The runtime is 62 minutes (1h 2m).
The film was directed by F. W. Murnau.
The screenplay was written by Carl Mayer.
The score was composed by Giuseppe Becce.
Cinematography was handled by Karl Freund.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0017448.
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Herr Tartüff
Released
15
No Language
Germany
