Faust

1926 · directed by F. W. Murnau

Rating

84/100

Hit

yes

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.

Faust (1926), directed by F. W. Murnau, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Gösta Ekman
• Emil Jannings
• Camilla Horn
• Frida Richard
• William Dieterle
• Werner Fuetterer
• Yvette Guilbert
• Eric Barclay
• Hanna Ralph
• Hans Brausewetter

Crew

• Carl Hoffmann — Director of Photography
• Elfi Böttrich — Editor
• Werner R. Heymann — Original Music Composer
• Hans Kyser — Screenplay

More from F. W. Murnau

1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) — 99/100 · hit
2. The Last Laugh (1924) — 87/100 · hit
3. Nosferatu (1922) — 85/100 · hit
4. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) — 80/100 · hit
5. Tartuffe (1926) — 78/100
6. City Girl (1930) — 71/100

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