Faust (1926)

7.9/10 • 106 min • Fantasy Drama Horror

Overview

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.

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)

Hertha von Walther

(uncredited)

Emmy Wyda

(uncredited)

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