Faust (1926)
1926 · Silent film · 116 min · dir. F. W. Murnau
The Voice of the Tempter.
- Fantasy
- Drama
- Horror
Synopsis
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. During a plague, Faust despairs and burns his books after failing to stop death; Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, first with insight into treating the plague and then with a day's return to youth. Mephisto is clever, timing the end of this 24 hours as Faust embraces the beautiful Duchess of Parma. Faust trades his soul for youth. Some time later, he's bored, and demands on Easter Sunday that Mephisto take him home. Faust promptly sees and falls in love with the beautiful Gretchen, whose liaison with him brings her dishonor. Is there redemption? Who wins the wager?
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
- Writer
- Hans Kyser
- Composer
- Werner R. Heymann
- Cinematography
- Carl Hoffmann
- Studio
- UFA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 1926-10-13
- Original title
- Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
- Awards
- 3 wins
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Language
- German
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Colorized
Cast & crew
F. W. Murnau Director
Gösta Ekman
Emil Jannings
Camilla Horn
Frida Richard
William Dieterle
Werner Fuetterer
Yvette Guilbert
Eric Barclay
