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Faust

Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage

1926

F.W. Murnau

Emil Jannings, Gösta Ekman, Camilla Horn, William Dieterle ...

8.1

6,360

Fantasy. Horror. Drama Angels try to stop the Devil as he races across the Earth. The Devil insists that the Earth is his and strikes a bet with the angels as to whether he can corrupt the aged scholar Faust. Appearing in the guise of the lecherous Mephisto, the Devil infects a town with the plague. Faust struggles long to find a cure. Mephisto tempts him with the power to heal the dying. Next Mephisto offers Faust youth, the riches of the world and the love ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Murnau] painted with light and shadow (...) The film's greatness resides in its majestic opening scenes and its horrifying conclusion (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"A magnificent symphony of light and darkness (...) The fantastic scenes (...) are still magical, and the film is dominated by Jannings's charismatic Mephisto"	POS
United States	Fernando F. Croce Slant	"There is nothing simplistic about the raging storm of sights and emotions that makes Murnau’s film such a staggering experience (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"[Jannings] is the ideal silent-age devil, giving Murnau’s moral fantasy the embodiment of temptation and excess (...) It’s the combination of elements that makes the film so extraordinary"	POS
United States	The New York Times	"It flashes along, it is true. It inspires with its wealth of imagination, its shadows and soft lights, its astounding camera feats and its admirable portrayals"	POS
United Kingdom	Alan Morrison Empire	"Visually striking early telling of the German folktale (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"This extraordinary piece of artistry and craftsmanship integrates its dazzling special effects so seamlessly that they're indistinguishable from the film's narrative, poetry, and, above all, metaphysics."	POS

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