Faust

(1926)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 409 votes

Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Horror

Year: 1926

Runtime: 85 мин

Country: Germany

Director: F. W. Murnau

Cast: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Werner Fuetterer, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Hans Brausewetter

Plot

God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. During a plague, Faust despairs and burns his books after failing to stop death; Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, first with insight into treating the plague and then with a day's return to youth. Mephisto is clever, timing the end of this 24 hours as Faust embraces the beautiful Duchess of Parma. Faust trades his soul for youth. Some time later, he's bored, and demands on Easter Sunday that Mephisto take him home. Faust promptly sees and falls in love with the beautiful Gretchen, whose liaison with him brings her dishonor. Is there redemption? Who wins the wager?