Movie
Faust (1926)
The Voice of the Tempter.
Fantasy · Drama · Horror
Story
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.
Director: F. W. Murnau Starring: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Faust Cast
- Gösta Ekman as Faust
- Emil Jannings as Mephisto
- Camilla Horn as Gretchen Marguerite
- Frida Richard as Gretchens's Mother
- William Dieterle as Valentin
- Werner Fuetterer as Erzengel
- Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein
- Eric Barclay as Duke of Parma
- Hanna Ralph as Duchess of Parma
- Hans Brausewetter as Farmboy (uncredited)
- Lothar Müthel as Friar (uncredited)
- Hertha von Walther as (uncredited)