Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Faust
Edition 1993
136'
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1926
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Fantasy, Drama, Horror
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Dialogue:
German, English
Director:
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
With:
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, Wilheilm Diterle, Yvette Guilbert
Faust, an elderly professor, sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a return to his youth. Murnau's last film in Germany prior to going to Hollywood was a lavish studio production, with the masterly sets constructed by the leading German designers Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig, related to the camera set-up, to avoid any staginess. The chiaroscuro, the imagery derived from Romantic painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, and the magical photography, all cast a spell.
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Credits
Director
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
With
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, Wilheilm Diterle, Yvette Guilbert
Scenario
Hans Kyser
Director of Photography
Carl Hoffmann
Producer
Erich Pommer
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Dialogue
German, English
Countries of production
Germany
Screenplay based on
"Faust", (J.W. von Goethe)
Year
1926
