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Faust
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Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Featuring: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert
Murnau’s last German film features astonishing photography, magnificent art direction, and special effects which retain the power to amaze. Freed from the constraints of psychological narrative, Murnau s mastery of cinematic technique places Faust, eine deutsche Volkssage [Faust: A German Folktale] at the pinnacle of the silent era, its barrage of visceral and apocryphal imagery contrasting with the simplicity and directness of its spiritual theme.
In collaboration with the screenwriter Hans Kyser, Murnau fused Faust's script from German folk legend and the works of Goethe, Gounod, and Marlowe (particularly using the latter s tone). Faust's tale is a classic one of a man who sells his soul to the devil. In an attempt to gain control of the Earth, Mephisto (Emil Jannings) wagers an angel (Werner Fuetterer) that he can corrupt the soul of the elderly professor Faust (Gosta Ekman). As the Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride demonically through the sky, Mephisto towers over Faust s hometown unleashing a plague that spreads amongst its inhabitants. Faust, unable to find a cure for the citizens who are dropping dead around him, renounces both God and science invoking the aid of Satan through a mysterious book that he chances across.
In collaboration with the screenwriter Hans Kyser, Murnau fused Faust's script from German folk legend and the works of Goethe, Gounod, and Marlowe (particularly using the latter s tone). Faust's tale is a classic one of a man who sells his soul to the devil. In an attempt to gain control of the Earth, Mephisto (Emil Jannings) wagers an angel (Werner Fuetterer) that he can corrupt the soul of the elderly professor Faust (Gosta Ekman). As the Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride demonically through the sky, Mephisto towers over Faust s hometown unleashing a plague that spreads amongst its inhabitants. Faust, unable to find a cure for the citizens who are dropping dead around him, renounces both God and science invoking the aid of Satan through a mysterious book that he chances across.
Details by Film
Faust
German CutYear: 1926
Time: 107
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score PCM Stereo 2.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Faust
International CutYear: 1926
Time: 115
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score PCM Stereo 2.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Streaming Options
31338.
+24933
Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
DVD
Discs:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
B (Blu-ray)
1/2/3/4/5/6 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Musical Score PCM Stereo 2.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
576p/25
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Alternate Score, Alternate Version, Interview, Featurette, Documentary, Booklet
- New harp score by Stan Ambrose, as well as optional Timothy Brock orchestral score
- Full-length audio commentary by critics David Ehrenstein and Bill Krohn
- The complete export version of the film
- A video comparison between the domestic and export versions of the film
- The Language of Shadows, a 53 minute documentary on Faust
- A 20-minute video piece with critic Tony Rayns discussing the film
- 40-page booklet with an essay by Peter Spooner, writing on the film by Eric Rohmer, and rare archival imagery.
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