Directed by:
Friedrich Wilhelm MurnauCinematography:
Carl HoffmannCast:
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, William Dieterle, Werner Fuetterer, Hertha von Walther, Frida Richard, Eric Barclay, Emmy Wyda, Hans Brausewetter (more)Plots(1)
In collaboration with the screenwriter Hans Kyser, Murnau fused Faust's script from German folk legend and the works of Goethe, "Gounod", and "Marlowe" (particularly using the latter's tone). Faust's tale is a classic one of a man who sells his soul to the devil. In an attempt to gain control of the Earth, Mephisto (Emil Jannings) wagers an angel (Werner Fuetterer) that he can corrupt the soul of the elderly professor Faust (Gosta Ekman). As the Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride demonically through the sky, Mephisto towers over Faust's hometown unleashing a plague that spreads amongst its inhabitants. Faust, unable to find a cure for the citizens who are dropping dead around him, renounces both God and science invoking the aid of Satan through a mysterious book that he chances across. (Eureka Entertainment)
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Gösta Ekman
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