Faust (1926)

Faust (1926)
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage (original title)
85 min
Country: Germany


Director: F.W. Murnau
Writers: Johann Wolfgang Goethe (play), Gerhart Hauptmann (titles), Hans Kyser (titles)
Stars: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings and Camilla Horn


Faust (German: Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage) is a silent film produced in 1926 by UFA, directed by F.W. Murnau, starring Gösta Ekman as Faust, Emil Jannings as Mephisto, Camilla Horn as Gretchen/Marguerite, Frida Richard as her mother, Wilhelm Dieterle as her brother and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein, her aunt. Murnau's film draws on older traditions of the legendary tale of Faust as well as on Goethe's classic version. UFA wanted Ludwig Berger to direct Faust, as Murnau was engaged with Variety; Murnau pressured the producer and, backed by Jannings, eventually persuaded Erich Pommer to let him direct the movie.
Faust was Murnau's last German movie, and directly afterward he moved to the US under contract to William Fox to direct Sunrise (1927); when the film premiered in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo of Berlin, Murnau was already shooting in Hollywood. (Wikipedia Page)

Ratings: 94% (Rotten Tomatoes Critics)

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