Faust
“The Voice of the Tempter.”
1926•NR•1h 46m•7.9•Released
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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.
Director
F. W. Murnau
Writer
Hans Kyser
Languages
No Language
Studio
UFA
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)
Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
Hans Rameau
(uncredited)
Emmy Wyda
(uncredited)
Production
Company
UFA
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Erich Pommer
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