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Faust

7.919261h 46mNRMovieFantasyDramaHorror

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.

DirectorF. W. Murnau
WriterHans Kyser
ProducerErich Pommer

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Cast · Directed by F. W. Murnau

GEGösta Ekman
Gösta Ekman
Faust
EJEmil Jannings
Emil Jannings
Mephisto
CHCamilla Horn
Camilla Horn
Gretchen Marguerite
FRFrida Richard
Frida Richard
Gretchens's Mother
WDWilliam Dieterle
William Dieterle
Valentin
WFWerner Fuetterer
Werner Fuetterer
Erzengel
YGYvette Guilbert
Yvette Guilbert
Marthe Schwerdtlein
EBEric Barclay
Eric Barclay
Duke of Parma
HRHanna Ralph
Hanna Ralph
Duchess of Parma
HBHans Brausewetter
Hans Brausewetter
Farmboy (uncredited)
LM
Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)
HWHertha von Walther
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)

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