Faust (1926)
Directed by F. W. Murnau · 106 min · Fantasy, Drama, Horror
36.9 TOPICAL score · #2,931 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Faust (1926, directed by F. W. Murnau) has a TOPICAL score of 36.9 - ranked 2,931 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and cast, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 7.9/10 (418 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 31 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 7.9/10 (418 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 31 languages
- Still read13,601 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings (actor #356), Camilla Horn, Frida Richard