Faust (1926 movie)

Faust is a 1926 German silent movie. It was  directed by F. W. Murnau. It stars Gösta Ekman as Faust, Emil Jannings as Mephisto, and Camilla Horn as Gretchen. The story is about an old man who sells his soul to the devil. In return he becomes young again. The movie uses both traditional tales of Faust and Goethe's play. The movie was difficult and expensive to make. Faust was Murnau's last German movie. He moved to the United States to direct Sunrise. The "Bald Mountain" scene in the movie inspired the "Night on Bald Mountain" segment in Walt Disney's Fantasia.

 References 
 Eisner, Lotte H. 1973. Murnau. University of California Press. .

 Other websites 

 Faust  at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films  list


 DVD review by Gary Johnson

Category:1926 movies
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