
Faust (1926)
Movie1 h 46 mFantasyDramaHorror
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.
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At a glance
- Original title
- Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
- Release date
- October 14, 1926
- Runtime
- 1 h 46 m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama, Horror
- Country
- Germany
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10
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)
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Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)

Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)












