Characters & Themes
Faust (1926) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1926 · 116 mins · German
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- Directed by
- F. W. Murnau
- Starring
- Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Hanna Ralph, William Dieterle, Werner Fuetterer, Hertha von Walther
The Voice of the Tempter. 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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