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Faust

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Faust
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1hr 57min
Genre:
Sci-Fi
Release:
1926
Director:
F.W. Murnau
Distributor:
Kino
Starring:
Gösta Ekman, Werner Fuetterer, Emil Jannings  ...more
Synopsis: Faust was the mammoth German production which won F. W. Murnau his contract with Hollywood's Fox Studios. Emil Jannings glowers his way through the role of Mephistopholes, who offers the aging Faust (Gosta Eckman) an opportunity to relive his youth, the price being Faust's soul. Though highly stylized, the film is unsettlingly realistic at times, especially during the execution of the unfortunate Gretchen. Even in old age, actress Camilla Horn could recall how close she came to genuine immolation ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
While not as well known today as Nosferatu or The Last Laugh, Faust is perhaps director F.W. Murnau's masterpiece; few films by any director can match it for the sweeping impact and beauty of its visuals or the power of its storytelling. Murnau approaches Goethe's tragedy of a man who learns all too well the price of his soul with appropriately broad dramatic strokes, and if the effect seems a bit ... Full Review
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