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Faust

Original title: Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
  • 19261926
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 47m
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8.1/10
15K
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19,267
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Faust (1926)
DramaFantasyHorror
The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
15K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
19,267
4,019
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    • Director
      • F.W. Murnau
    • Writers
      • Gerhart Hauptmann(titles)
      • Hans Kyser(titles)
      • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(play "Faust")
    • Stars
      • Gösta Ekman
      • Emil Jannings
      • Camilla Horn
    Top credits
    • Director
      • F.W. Murnau
    • Writers
      • Gerhart Hauptmann(titles)
      • Hans Kyser(titles)
      • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(play "Faust")
    • Stars
      • Gösta Ekman
      • Emil Jannings
      • Camilla Horn
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    • 73User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
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    Emil Jannings in Faust (1926)
    Yvette Guilbert and Emil Jannings in Faust (1926)
    Yvette Guilbert and Emil Jannings in Faust (1926)
    Gösta Ekman and Camilla Horn in Faust (1926)
    Gösta Ekman in Faust (1926)
    F.W. Murnau and Gösta Ekman in Faust (1926)
    Gösta Ekman in Faust (1926)
    F.W. Murnau and Emil Jannings in Faust (1926)
    Faust (1926)
    Faust (1926)
    Gösta Ekman in Faust (1926)
    Faust (1926)

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    Gösta Ekman
    Gösta Ekman
    • Faust
    • (as Gösta Ekmann)
    Emil Jannings
    Emil Jannings
    • Mephisto
    Camilla Horn
    Camilla Horn
    • Gretchen
    Frida Richard
    • Mutter
    • (as Frieda Richard)
    William Dieterle
    William Dieterle
    • Valentin
    • (as Wilhelm Dieterle)
    Yvette Guilbert
    Yvette Guilbert
    • Marthe
    Eric Barclay
    Eric Barclay
    • Herzog
    • (as Eric Barcley)
    Hanna Ralph
    Hanna Ralph
    • Herzogin
    Werner Fuetterer
    Werner Fuetterer
    • Erzengel
    Hans Brausewetter
    Hans Brausewetter
    • Farmboy
    • (uncredited)
    Lothar Müthel
    • Friar
    • (uncredited)
    Hans Rameau
      Hertha von Walther
        Emmy Wyda
          • Director
            • F.W. Murnau
          • Writers
            • Gerhart Hauptmann(titles)
            • Hans Kyser(titles)
            • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(play "Faust")
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          • Trivia
            Due to the success of F.W. Murnau's previous film, The Last Laugh (1924), the studio promised him an unlimited budget with which to make this film.
          • Quotes

            Erzengel: [Last lines] The word that rings joyfully throughout creation, the word that alleviates every pain and sorrow, the word that absolves all the guilt of humanity, the eternal word. Dost thou not know it?

            Mephisto: What is the word?

            Erzengel: Love

          • Alternate versions
            There were several versions created of Faust, several of them prepared by Murnau himself. The versions are quite different from one another. Some scenes have variants on pace, others have actors with different costumes and some use different camera angles. For example, a scene with a bear was shot with both a person in costume and an actual bear. In some versions, the bear simply stands there. In one version, it actually strikes an actor. Overall, five versions of Faust are known to exist out of the over thirty copies found across the globe: a German original version (of which the only surviving copy is in the Danish Film Institute), a French version, a late German version which exists in two copies, a bilingual version for Europe prepared by Ufa, and a version prepared by Murnau himself for MGM and the US market (July 1926).
          • Connections
            Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

          User reviews73

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          10/10
          10/10
          A lyrical fable version of Goethe's famous story, where Mephisto and an angel gamble with Faust's spirit, the entire film has an aura of delicate beauty. When Faust's town is shrouded with a pestilence, Faust summons Mephisto and agrees to a trial selling of his soul, in the hopes that he can save the townspeople. When Faust does indeed cure the town, Mephisto tempts him with the promise of youth and Gretchen, the most beautiful woman in Italy. Misty, often eerie, fiendish imagery, like satanic birds, hooded men, flying horsemen and Caligari-inspired exteriors fill the screen. When Faust signs his contract, the words burn themselves into the page as Mephisto dips his feather pen in Faust's vein. A wonderful touch near the beginning has Faust trying to escape Mephisto but having him appear wherever he goes, always a few steps ahead. Both Faust, as a young man, and Gretchen are lovely, and Jannings gives an excellent performance as the Dark Prince. A masterpiece of poetic atmosphere that ages Murnau's technical mastery wondrously, the film is aided tremendously by the sometimes ominous, sometimes enchanting orchestral score. 10/10
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          • Aug 28, 2003

          Details

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          • Release date
            • December 6, 1926 (United States)
          • Country of origin
            • Germany
          • Languages
            • None
            • German
          • Also known as
            • Fausto
          • Filming locations
            • Ufa-Atelier, Berlin-Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany
          • Production company
            • Universum Film (UFA)
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          Technical specs

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          • Runtime
            1 hour 47 minutes
          • Color
            • Black and White
          • Sound mix
            • Silent
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.33 : 1

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