---
title: 'Faust (1926)'
type: 'film'
director: 'F. W. Murnau'
released: '1926-10-14'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Weimar Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/faust-1926'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016847/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Faust (1926)

1926 · 106 min · Drama, Fantasy · Weimar Republic, Germany

Original title: Faust – eine deutsche Volkssage

## Synopsis

Faust – A German Folktale is a 1926 silent fantasy film, produced by Ufa, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Gösta Ekman as Faust, Emil Jannings as Mephisto, Camilla Horn as Gretchen/Marguerite, Frida Richard as her mother, Wilhelm Dieterle as her brother, and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein, her aunt. Murnau's film draws on older traditions of the legendary tale of Faust as well as on Goethe's classic 1808 version. Ufa wanted Ludwig Berger to direct Faust, as Murnau was engaged with Variety; Murnau pressured the producer and, backed by Jannings, eventually persuaded Erich Pommer to let him direct the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [F. W. Murnau](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-w-murnau)
- **Screenplay:** [Gerhart Hauptmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhart-hauptmann), [Hans Kyser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-kyser)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner R. Heymann](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-r-heymann)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carl Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-hoffmann)

## Cast

- [Lothar Müthel](https://cinepixo.com/people/lothar-muthel)
- [Camilla Horn](https://cinepixo.com/people/camilla-horn)
- [Frida Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/frida-richard)
- [Emil Jannings](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-jannings)
- [Yvette Guilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvette-guilbert)
- [Gösta Ekman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gosta-ekman)
- [Hans Rameau](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-rameau)
- [Hertha von Walther](https://cinepixo.com/people/hertha-von-walther)
- [Emmy Wyda](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmy-wyda)
- [Werner Fuetterer](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-fuetterer)
- [Hanna Ralph](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanna-ralph)
- [Hans Brausewetter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-brausewetter)
- [Eric Barclay](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-barclay)
- [William Dieterle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-dieterle)

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