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Director:
F.W. Murnau
Writers:
Johann Wolfgang Goethe (play)
Gerhart Hauptmann (titles)
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Release Date:
6 December 1926 (USA) more
Genre:
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery more
Plot:
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist... more | add synopsis
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A must see film more (38 total)

Cast

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Gösta Ekman ... Faust
Emil Jannings ... Mephisto
Camilla Horn ... Gretchen / Marguerite
Frida Richard ... Gretchens Mutter / Marguerite's mother
William Dieterle ... Valentin: Gretchens Bruder / Marguerite's brother (as Wilhelm Dieterle)
Yvette Guilbert ... Marthe Schwerdtlein: Gretchens Tante / Marguerite's aunt
Eric Barclay ... Herzog von Parma / Duke of Parma
Hanna Ralph ... Herzogin von Parma / Duchess of Parma
Werner Fuetterer ... Erzengel / Archangel
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Faust (Germany) (short title)
Faust: A German Folk Legend (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:
Canada:85 min | 116 min (1997 restored version)
Country:
Germany
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent

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Trivia:
Leni Riefenstahl applied for the female lead role, but was turned down. more

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17 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
A must see film, 30 May 2005
9/10
Author: aqua_swing from Canada

My first silent film lasted over two hours. Dialog full of screens after everything's been said. To be honest, I was surprised at how there was never a point of down, there was never a realization that I was watching a silent film, though it did take a bit of getting used to in the beginning. Some might get pushed away due to the fact that the screen transfer isn't great, or that the music has been recently dubbed, but I found it all to fit perfectly. The acting in this film is more than over expectation, that made me believe in the story from start to finish. By the end I had a new found admiration for the makers of movies from our past, and what standards they can set for movies now.

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