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Faust
“The Voice of the Tempter.”
7.9 / 10• 1926• 1h 46m•NR• German
FantasyDramaHorror
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Gösta Ekman
Faust
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. F. W. Murnau's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Faust is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
