Faust
1926 · Movie · NR · 116 min · ★ 7.9 · 86% critics
In a struggle between Heaven and Hell, a powerful wager is placed on whether a devoted scholar can be tempted into abandoning his faith. As disaster strikes his town, he’s offered extraordinary help at a steep moral cost, setting him on a path of desire, doubt, and difficult choices.
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Details
- Original title
- Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
- Years
- 1926
- Release date
- 1926-10-13
- Language
- German
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (395 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, imaginative silent-era morality tale with bold imagery and a good-versus-evil hook, especially if you liked Nosferatu; Not for you if slow pacing and silent-movie style frustrate you.
Pros: striking visuals; eerie atmosphere; memorable devil figure | Cons: messy story; slow middle stretch; stagy silent-era acting
Themes
- based on novel or book
- sale of soul
- pact with the devil
- eternal youth
- romance
- faust
- love
- death
- silent film
- based on myths, legends or folklore
- plague
- german expressionism
Cast & crew
Gösta Ekman
as Faust
Emil Jannings
as Mephisto
Camilla Horn
as Gretchen Marguerite
Frida Richard
as Gretchens's Mother
William Dieterle
as Valentin
Werner Fuetterer
as Erzengel
Yvette Guilbert
as Marthe Schwerdtlein
Eric Barclay
as Duke of Parma
Hanna Ralph
as Duchess of Parma
Hans Brausewetter
as Farmboy (uncredited)
Directed by F. W. Murnau