Film
Faust
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.
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 EkmanFaust
- Emil JanningsMephisto
- Camilla HornGretchen Marguerite
- Frida RichardGretchens's Mother
- William DieterleValentin
- Werner FuettererErzengel
- Yvette GuilbertMarthe Schwerdtlein
- Eric BarclayDuke of Parma
