Faust (1926)
Faust (1926)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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)
Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
Gerhart Hauptmann
Writer
Hans Rameau
(uncredited) / Assistant Director
Emmy Wyda
(uncredited)
F. W. Murnau
Director
Werner R. Heymann
Original Music Composer
Elfi Böttrich
Editor
Wolfgang Dauner
Composer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Theatre Play
Jacco Gardner
Composer
Hans Kyser
Screenplay
Christopher Marlowe
Theatre Play
Robert Herlth
Costume Design / Art Direction
Walter Röhrig
Costume Design / Art Direction
Hans Natge
Still Photographer
Waldemar Jabs
Makeup Artist
Arno Richter
Assistant Art Director
Robert Basilice
Property Master
Georges Annenkov
Costume Design
Erich Grohmann
Camera Operator
Erich Pommer
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 13, 1926
Original NameFaust – Eine deutsche Volkssage
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Content RatingNR
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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.