Faust (1926)
Faust (1926)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Gösta Ekman
Faust
Emil Jannings
Mephisto
Camilla Horn
Gretchen
Frida Richard
Mutter
William Dieterle
Valentin
Yvette Guilbert
Marthe
Eric Barclay
Herzog
Hanna Ralph
Herzogin
Werner Fuetterer
Erzengel
Hans Brausewetter
Farmboy
Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)
F. W. Murnau
Director
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
Gerhart Hauptmann
Writer
Hans Rameau
(uncredited) / Assistant Director
Emmy Wyda
(uncredited)
Hans Kyser
Writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Writer
Erich Pommer
Producer
Wolfgang Dauner
Composer
Jacco Gardner
Composer
Robert Herlth
Costume Design / Art Direction
Werner R. Heymann
Composer
Carl Hoffmann
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 13, 1926
Original NameFaust – Eine deutsche Volkssage
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Faust – A German Folktale (German: Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage) is a 1926 silent fantasy film, produced 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 1808 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 film.
Faust was Murnau's last German film, and directly afterward he moved to the United States under contract to William Fox to direct Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927); when the film premiered in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin, Murnau was already shooting in Hollywood. Faust has been praised for its special effects and is regarded as an example of German Expressionist film.