Faust
“The Voice of the Tempter.”
Original title: Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
DirectorF. W. Murnau
ScreenplayHans Kyser
Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.
Release
Oct 14, 1926
Budget
—
Country
Germany
Revenue
—
Cast
Gösta Ekman
Faust
Emil Jannings
Mephisto
Camilla Horn
Gretchen Marguerite
Frida Richard
Gretchens's Mother
William Dieterle
Valentin
Werner Fuetterer
Erzengel
Yvette Guilbert
Marthe Schwerdtlein
Eric Barclay
Duke of Parma
Hanna Ralph
Duchess of Parma
Hans Brausewetter
Farmboy (uncredited)
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
Emmy Wyda
(uncredited)
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