Faust

Faust

1926 · 116 min · DE · NR · 7.9 (302 votes)
Dir. F. W. Murnau · Starring Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Werner Fuetterer · Music Werner R. Heymann

The Voice of the Tempter.

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God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

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A visually stunning descent into existential dread. Faust's pact unfolds with operatic grandeur and nightmarish imagery, exploring the eternal struggle between good and evil with haunting, expressionistic flair.

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