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Faust
📅 10/14/1926⏱️ 106 minutes★7.9/10
Faust
📅 10/14/1926⏱️ 106 minutes★7.9/10
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.
Release Date
October 14, 1926
Runtime
106 minutes
Rating
★7.9/10(428 votes)
Status
Released
Genres
FantasyDramaHorror
Cast
Gösta Ekman
Faust
Emil Jannings
Mephisto
Camilla Horn
Gretchen Marguerite
Frida Richard
Gretchens's Mother
William Dieterle
Valentin
Werner Fuetterer
Erzengel
Yvette Guilbert
Marthe Schwerdtlein
Eric Barclay
Duke of Parma
Hanna Ralph
Duchess of Parma
Hans Brausewetter
Farmboy (uncredited)
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
Emmy Wyda
(uncredited)
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