Faust

Faust (1926)

Year
1926
Director
F. W. Murnau
Duration
106 min
Rating
7.905

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.

Cast

Gösta EkmanGösta Ekman
Emil JanningsEmil Jannings
Camilla HornCamilla Horn
Frida RichardFrida Richard
William DieterleWilliam Dieterle
Werner FuettererWerner Fuetterer
Yvette GuilbertYvette Guilbert
Eric BarclayEric Barclay
Hanna RalphHanna Ralph
Hans BrausewetterHans Brausewetter
Coming SoonLothar Müthel
Hertha von WaltherHertha von Walther
Coming SoonHans Rameau
Emmy WydaEmmy Wyda