also known as Eine deutsche Volkssage
Faust1926
Starring
- Eric Barclay - Duke of Parma
- Hans Brausewetter - Farmboy
- William Dieterle - Valentin
- Gösta Ekman - Faust
- Werner Fuetterer - Archangel
- Yvette Guilbert - Marthe Schwerdtlein
- Camilla Horn - Gretchen
- Emil Jannings - Mephisto
- Lothar Müthel - Friar
- Hanna Ralph - Duchess of Parma
- Frida Richard - Gretchen's Mother
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Member Reviews (3)
A stunning masterwork of "Fine Art" Cinema. Film as a pure Visual medium. A natural extension of Painting, and Music. German romantic expressionism. Clever and ingenious analog special effects, with perfectly lit and photographed sets. Powerful dramatics, Emil Jannings is deliciously evil as MEPHISTO. This film truly deserves the term "SPECTACULAR"! A perfect film for these "Unholy Days". Murnau's "FAUST" is a supernatural, fantasy Opera, that ranks with GUNOT'S actual Opera, in "Artistic Merit".
Perhaps a bit longer than it really needs to be, but well worth viewing, if for no other reason than the beauty of the sets and lighting. Contemporary films have simply never measured up to films like Faust for sheer atmosphere.
A great Expressionist film. The use of shadows and lighting within the eerie sets creates a heavy yet delectable atmosphere of foreboding. The iconic bald mountain shot of Mephisto spreading his dark wings over the town is of course the inspiration for one of the final scenes in Disney's Fantasia. Despite being an obviously Gothic text, there are some really great moments of comedy and fun--the parallel romantic (?) chase scenes, for example. There are also some really interesting uses of the architecture not just as disorienting set pieces, but as a series of thresholds to cross (or linger in). If this film weren't already so visually stunning, Jannings' performance as Mephisto would clearly be the focal point. He is deliciously evil.