Faust [dvd] : eine deutsche Volkssage/ script, Hans Kyser ; based on the story by Goethe ; produced by Erich Pommer ; directed by F.W. Murnau.
Publisher number: EKA40210 | Eureka VideoPublication details: [s.l.] : Eureka Video, c2001. Description: 2 DVD (110 min + 3 hours of extras.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 5060000402100Other title: F.W. Murnau's Faust [dvd]Subject(s): Feature films -- Germany | Fantasy films | Horror filmsLOC classification: DVD: FAUSProduction credits: Credits: Camera, Carl Hoffmann ; sets and costumes, Robert Herlth, Walter Rohrig, Arno Richter ; make-up, Waldemar Jabs ; music (for this restoration), Timothy Brock ; English intertitles, John Stone.Cast: Gösta Ekmann, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Yvette Guilbert, Wilhelm Dieterle, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer.Summary: This lavish studio production was the last film Murnau made in Germany before he went to Hollywood, and it achieves the most extraordinary atmosphere, visual effects and imagery. The Devil Mephisto (Jannings) strikes a bargain with the Archangel St. Michael - if an alchemist named Faust can be so thoroughly influenced that he will only commit evil, then Satan shall be given dominion over Earth...| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Fischer Hall Library DVD | DVD: FAUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | V000290 |
DVD video release of the film produced in 1926.
Opening credits are in German but intertitle cards are in English.
Aspect ratio 4:3, 1.33:1.
Silent film with feature-length musical score.
Fully restored and digitally remastered.
Packaging also credits F.W. Murnau and Thea von Harbou for the script, but they are not credited for this on the film.
Credits: Camera, Carl Hoffmann ; sets and costumes, Robert Herlth, Walter Rohrig, Arno Richter ; make-up, Waldemar Jabs ; music (for this restoration), Timothy Brock ; English intertitles, John Stone.
Cast: Gösta Ekmann, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Yvette Guilbert, Wilhelm Dieterle, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer.
This lavish studio production was the last film Murnau made in Germany before he went to Hollywood, and it achieves the most extraordinary atmosphere, visual effects and imagery. The Devil Mephisto (Jannings) strikes a bargain with the Archangel St. Michael - if an alchemist named Faust can be so thoroughly influenced that he will only commit evil, then Satan shall be given dominion over Earth...
UK Cert. PG.
PAL Region 2.