Faust
The Voice of the Tempter.
Rating: 7.9 out of 10TMDB(424 votes)
Overview
Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.
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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Werner R. Heymann
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Carl Hoffmann
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Hans KyserScreenplay
- Original title
- Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 14, 1926
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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Cast
Gösta EkmanFaust
Emil JanningsMephisto
Camilla HornGretchen Marguerite
Frida RichardGretchens's Mother
William DieterleValentin
Werner FuettererErzengel
Yvette GuilbertMarthe Schwerdtlein
Eric BarclayDuke of Parma
Hanna RalphDuchess of Parma
Hans BrausewetterFarmboy (uncredited)- Lothar MüthelFriar (uncredited)
Hertha von Walther(uncredited)- Hans Rameau(uncredited)
Emmy Wyda(uncredited)
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