Faust

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.

Cast

Gösta Ekman

Gösta Ekman

as Faust

Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

as Mephisto

Camilla Horn

Camilla Horn

as Gretchen Marguerite

Frida Richard

Frida Richard

as Gretchens's Mother

William Dieterle

William Dieterle

as Valentin

Werner Fuetterer

Werner Fuetterer

as Erzengel

Yvette Guilbert

Yvette Guilbert

as Marthe Schwerdtlein

Eric Barclay

Eric Barclay

as Duke of Parma

Hanna Ralph

Hanna Ralph

as Duchess of Parma

Hans Brausewetter

Hans Brausewetter

as Farmboy (uncredited)

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