Faust (1926)
- Starring:
- Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, (more)
- Director(s):
- F.W. Murnau
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Faust
Faust was the mammoth German production which won F. W. Murnau his contract with Hollywood's Fox Studios. Emil Jannings glowers his way through the role of Mephistopholes, who offers the aging Faust (Gosta Eckman) an opportunity to relive his youth, the price being Faust's soul. Though highly stylized, the film is unsettlingly realistic at times, especially during the execution of the unfortunate Gretchen. Even in old age, actress Camilla Horn could recall how close she came to genuine immolation when Murnau burned her at the stake. An American version of Faust had been planned earlier as a Mary Pickford vehicle, but Pickford's mother wanted no part of a film in which her darling daughter strangled her own baby. The scenario for Faust touches lightly upon the previous retellings by Goethe and Marlowe, but is more heavily reliant on the paintings of Pietr Breughel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 222 mins
Complete Cast of Faust
- Gösta Ekman - Faust
- Camilla Horn - Marguerite
- Frida Richard - Mother
- Yvette Guilbert - Marthe
- Hanna Ralph - Duchess of Parma
- Hans Rameau
- Emil Jannings - Mephisto
- Werner Fuetterer - Archangel
- William Dieterle - Valentin
- Eric Barclay - Duke of Parma
- Hans Brausewetter - Farmboy
- Hertha Von Walther
- Director(s):
- F.W. Murnau
- Producer(s):
- David Shepard, Erich Pommer
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Foreign
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