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Faust
The Voice of the Tempter.
7.9(426)19261h 46m
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.
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
- Writers
- Hans Kyser
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Cast

Gösta Ekman
Faust

Emil Jannings
Mephisto

Camilla Horn
Gretchen Marguerite

Frida Richard
Gretchens's Mother

William Dieterle
Valentin

Werner Fuetterer
Erzengel

Yvette Guilbert
Marthe Schwerdtlein

Eric Barclay
Duke of Parma

Hanna Ralph
Duchess of Parma

Hans Brausewetter
Farmboy (uncredited)
Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)

Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
Hans Rameau
(uncredited)

Emmy Wyda
(uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- F. W. MurnauDirector
- Hans RameauAssistant Director
Writing
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTheatre Play
- Hans KyserScreenplay
- Christopher MarloweTheatre Play
Production
- Erich PommerProducer
Camera
- Erich GrohmannCamera Operator
- Hans NatgeStill Photographer
- Carl HoffmannDirector of Photography
Editing
- Elfi BöttrichEditor
Sound
- Werner R. HeymannOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Arno RichterAssistant Art Director
- Walter RöhrigArt Direction
- Robert HerlthArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Georges AnnenkovCostume Design
- Robert HerlthCostume Design
- Waldemar JabsMakeup Artist
- Walter RöhrigCostume Design
Crew
- Robert BasiliceProperty Master