Faust is a 1926 German silent film directed by F.W. Murnau, adapting the legend of a scholar who makes a pact with the demon Mephisto, starring Emil Jannings as Mephisto and Gosta Ekman as Faust. Made with an unusually large budget and elaborate special-effects photography for its time, including extensive use of double exposure and forced perspective to depict Mephisto's supernatural powers, it was Murnau's last German film before he moved to Hollywood to make Sunrise. It is widely regarded by film historians as one of the visual high points of German Expressionist silent cinema.
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is a 1926 silent fantasy film, produced by Ufa, directed by F. W. Murnau
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Faust is a 1926 German silent film directed by F.W. Murnau, adapting the legend of a scholar who makes a pact with the demon Mephisto, starring Emil Jannings as Mephisto and Gosta Ekman as Faust.
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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.
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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.
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Ufa wanted Ludwig Berger to direct Faust, as Murnau was engaged with Variety; Murnau pressured the producer and, backed by Jannings, eventually persuaded Erich Pommer to let him direct the film.
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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.
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