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Faust – A German Folktale (German: Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage) is a 1926 silent fantasy film, produced by Ufa, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Gösta Ekman as Faust, Emil Jannings as Mephisto, Camilla Horn as Gretchen/Marguerite, Frida Richard as her mother, Wilhelm Dieterle as her brother, and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein, her aunt.
For Criterion Consideration: F.W. Murnau’s Faust. Robert Nishimura. May 12, 2012. One of the most well known legends of the Renaissance period was Faust, a German necromancer whose exploits transformed into the tale of a man who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for all the knowledge in the world. Over the centuries, the story has been ...
Sep 12, 2014 · The production of F.W. Murnau’s Faust was fairly typical for its time – different versions of the film were made for different territories. With more modest films, this was often achieved by simply placing two cameras side-by-side, and the resulting films didn’t often differ considerably. Not so with Faust. Since it was such a huge ...
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Nov 12, 2019 · A retelling of Goethe’s classic novel about a bargain with the Devil, Faust makes use of a variety of innovative techniques to bring the story to life. As is true for many films from this period, some of the methods used to create it were invented by the director, F.W. Murnau, over the course of its production.
May 8, 2005 · A landscape of nightmares. Drama. 85 minutes ‧ 1926. Roger Ebert. May 8, 2005. 7 min read. Crew members touch up the character of Mephisto in "Faust" (1926) for a scene that illustrates director F.W. Murnau's bold imagination and distinctive skewed perspective, as Mephisto's dark wings obscure the sky as he hovers above a little village. The ...
Mar 14, 2008 · Faust (1926) Before Regan MacNeil, Damien Thorn, and Louis Cyphre, there was Mephisto, short for Mephistopheles, Satan’s most notorious alter ego. Satan and his sentinels have captivated creative souls’ imaginations for centuries, but few artists have manifested those visions as powerfully as F.W. Murnau did in 1926.
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Jul 25, 2017 · This edition of Faust benefits greatly from Javier Perez de Azpeitia’s beautifully sensitive piano score, based on Paul Hensel’s 1926 Orchestral Arrangement. Both this score and an orchestral score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra are included as separate audio tracks for your listening pleasure.
