Faust
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 · 1h 46m · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · Germany · Rated PG (GB)
The Voice of the Tempter.
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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F. W. MurnauWritten by
Hans Kyser7.6Smart score
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based on myths, legends or folklorebased on novel or bookdeatheternal youthfaustgerman expressionismlovepact with the devilplagueromancesale of soulsilent film
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