Tartuffe Reviews
September 16, 2020
Tartuffe, thanks mainly to Emil Jannings' splendid performance, is a film to merit your considerate attention.
July 9, 2020
Directed by Mr. F. W. Murnau, who has made so many notable contributions to the development of screen technique, it is a decidedly interesting example of film virtuosity.
April 29, 2020
Murnau is, of course, an incredible visual stylist, and the golden-tinted hues of Karl Freund's cinematography are often breathtaking. But Tartuffe is ultimately one of Murnau's minor works.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
April 19, 2010
One of silent cinema's most rigorous formalist exercises
February 13, 2007
The mise en scene is beautifully modulated and the performances -- by Emil Jannings, Lil Dagover, and Werner Krauss, among others -- are first-rate.
December 19, 2004
While the film is arguably minor Murnau, it remains highly agreeable and full of the director's characteristic visual inventiveness, albeit on a smaller scale.
February 20, 2004
One of the first post-modern films (in which characters watch and are aware of films).
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| Original Score: 4/4