Faust

Plot

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.

Genres

Fantasy, Drama, Horror

Year

1926

Runtime

106 min

Director

F. W. Murnau

Cast

Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Werner Fuetterer, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Hans Brausewetter

TMDB rating

7.9 / 10

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