Tartuffe
Capsule by Jonathan Rosenbaum
From the Chicago Reader

If you think you know all there is to know about F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu, Sunrise, Tabu)--and it's not likely that you would, because he never repeated himself, and major portions of the work of this consummate master of the silent era are now lost--take a look at this underrated 1926 adaptation of the Moliere comedy, framed with a modern story. The mise en scene is beautifully modulated and the performances--by Emil Jannings, Lil Dagover, and Werner Krauss, among others--are first-rate. 80 min.

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