Synopsis & Context
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.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
- Release
- October 14, 1926
- Screen Time
- 1h 46min
- Rating
- NR
- Direction
- F. W. Murnau
- Original Language
- German
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Production Status
- Released
Personas & Cast
Gösta Ekman
Faust
Emil Jannings
Mephisto
Camilla Horn
Gretchen Marguerite
Frida Richard
Gretchens's Mother
William Dieterle
Valentin
Werner Fuetterer
Erzengel
Yvette Guilbert
Marthe Schwerdtlein
Eric Barclay
Duke of Parma
Hanna Ralph
Duchess of Parma
Hans Brausewetter
Farmboy (uncredited)
Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
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