Category: Fantasy
All Genres: Fantasy, Horror
Release Year: 1926
Country: Germany
Runtime: 85
Rating: 5 (0)
Languages: Italian
Director: F.W. Murnau
Sound: Silent
Taglines:

Under the shadow of the axe...

Together they ruled England for 9 days.

Writing by: Johann Wolfgang Goethe - play "Faust"
Gerhart Hauptmann - titles
Hans Kyser - titles
Christopher Marlowe - play "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" (uncredited)

Produced by: Erich Pommer - producer

Cast: Gösta Ekman - Faust
Emil Jannings - Mephisto
Camilla Horn - Gretchen / Marguerite
Frida Richard - Gretchens Mutter / Marguerites mother
William Dieterle - Valentin: Gretchens Bruder / Marguerites brother (as Wilhelm Dieterle)
Yvette Guilbert - Marthe Schwerdtlein: Gretchens Tante / Marguerites aunt
Eric Barclay - Herzog von Parma / Duke of Parma
Hanna Ralph - Herzogin von Parma / Duchess of Parma
Werner Fuetterer - Erzengel / Archangel
Hans Brausewetter - Bauernbursche / Farmboy (uncredited)
Lothar Müthel - Mönch / Friar (uncredited)

Music: Wolfgang Dauner Werner R. Heymann Erno Rapee Daniel Schnyder Rolf Unkel William Axt
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Plot Outline: God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist...
Plot: God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. During a plague, Faust despairs and burns his books after failing to stop death; Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, first with insight into treating the plague and then with a days return to youth. Mephisto is clever, timing the end of this 24 hours as Faust embraces the beautiful Duchess of Parma. Faust trades his soul for youth. Some time later, hes bored, and demands on Easter Sunday that Mephisto take him home. Faust promptly sees and falls in love with the beautiful Gretchen, whose liaison with him brings her dishonor. Is there redemption? Who wins the wager?

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Opening credits scroll backwards (down instead of up).

Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Crew or equipment visible: During the bar fight, a cameraman can be seen in the background.

Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• After the film had already been shot and edited, UFA decided it disliked Hans Kysers script. Over Kysers objections, it asked German writer Gerhart Hauptmann to work on it. However, the studio decided that it disliked Hauptmanns script even more. The film was released in Kysers original version.
• Leni Riefenstahl applied for the female lead role, but was turned down.
• Director F.W. Murnau wanted Lillian Gish to play Gretchen, but she insisted that the film be shot by her favorite cinematographer, Charles Rosher. Murnau instead cast newcomer Camilla Horn, whom he had met on the set of Herr Tartüff (1925), where she was a double for Lil Dagover.

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