Faust
“The Voice of the Tempter.”
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.
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Cast
14 people
Gösta Ekman
Faust
Also in
Intermezzo
Swedenhielms
Emil Jannings
Mephisto
Known for
The Blue Angel
The Last Laugh
Camilla Horn
Gretchen Marguerite
Also in
Tempest
Eternal Love
Frida Richard
Gretchens's Mother
Known for
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Phantom
William Dieterle
Valentin
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Waxworks
Werner Fuetterer
Erzengel
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Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an
The Years Pass
Yvette Guilbert
Marthe Schwerdtlein
Also in
L'Argent
The Two Orphans
Eric Barclay
Duke of Parma
Known for
The Little Match Girl
Hanna Ralph
Duchess of Parma
Known for
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Hans Brausewetter
Farmboy (uncredited)
Known for
Münchhausen
Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)
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The Golem: How He Came into the World
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
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M
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F. W. Murnau Director · Hans Kyser Screenplay Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Author
United States release December 5, 1926 · Produced in Germany · Languages German, No dialogue
Production
UFA
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
Universum Film (UFA)
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Germany
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Original title
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · October 14, 1926
Theatrical
United States · December 5, 1926
Theatrical
Greece
July 30, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Re-issue
Netherlands
August 2, 2013 · Physical · Blu ray
February 1, 2015 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
April 18, 1927 · Theatrical
May 27, 1971 · Limited theatrical · Cineclube do Porto
United Kingdom
November 26, 1926 · Theatrical · Rated A (5+)
October 22, 2001 · Physical · DVD
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