Faust (Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage) (1926)

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Directed by

F.W. Murnau

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Gösta Ekman
Faust

Emil Jannings
Mephisto

Camilla Horn
Gretchen

Frida Richard
Mutter

William Dieterle
Valentin

Yvette Guilbert
Marthe

Eric Barclay
Herzog

Hanna Ralph
Herzogin

Written by

Gerhart Hauptmann
titles

Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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Why do you seek death? You have not lived.

14 years, 8 months ago at Aug 1 16:31

Lexi

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''Wretched Faust, why do you seek death? You have not yet lived!''

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist...

Gösta Ekman: Faust

Emil Jannings: Mephisto

Faust(German title: Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage) is a silent film produced in 1926 by UFA, directed by F.... read more

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Description: 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 ... (more)

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Tags: 1920s (9), 1926 (8), German (8), Silent (8), Horror (7), Devil (5), Germany (4), German Expressionism (4), Drama (3), Character Name In Title (3), Debauchery (2), Soul (2), Satan (2), Bw (2), Deal With The Devil (2), Aging (1), Beautiful Woman (1), 1920's (1), Spiritual Cinema (1)

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