Faust Poster

Faust

79.00% | October 14, 1926 | Fantasy, Drama, Horror

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.

Featured Crew

F. W. Murnau
Director
Hans Kyser
Screenplay
Elfi Böttrich
Editor

Cast

Gösta Ekman
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings
Mephisto
Camilla Horn
Camilla Horn
Gretchen Marguerite
Frida Richard
Frida Richard
Gretchens's Mother
William Dieterle

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