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Faust
Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926
Germany
feature film -
Drama
85 min.
(2484 m.)
Studio shooting / no Berlin story line
Cast
Actor/-ess
Gösta Ekman
(Faust)
Emil Jannings
(Mephisto)
Camilla Horn
(Gretchen)
Frida Richard
(Gretchens Mutter)
William Dieterle
(Valentin)
Yvette Guilbert
(Marthe Schwerdtlein)
Eric Barclay
(Herzog von Parma)
Hanna Ralph
(Herzogin von Parma)
Werner Fuetterer
(Erzengel Gabriel)
Hans Brausewetter
(Bauernbursche)
Lothar Müthel
(Mönch)
Hans Rameau
Hertha von Walther
Emmy Wyda
Direction
Director
F. W. Murnau
Assistant director
Hans Rameau
Director intern
Robert Chessex
Writing
Screenplay
Hans Kyser
Ludwig Berger
(manuscript »Das verlorene Paradies«)
Based on
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(play »Faust«)
Christopher Marlowe
(play)
Camera & Light
Director of photography
Carl Hoffmann
Assistant camera / focus puller
Erich Grohmann
Charles Rosher
(Hospitanz)
Still photographer
Hans Natge
Decor
Production design
Robert Herlth
Walter Röhrig
Arno Richter
(Assistenz)
Prop master
Robert Basilice
Make-up artist
Waldemar Jabs
Costume design
Robert Herlth
Walter Röhrig
Georges Annenkov
(Assistenz)
Music
Music
Werner Richard Heymann
(at the premiere)
Music based on
Richard Wagner
(motives)
Richard Strauss
(motives)
Conductor
Artur Guttmann
(at the premiere)
Production
Producer
Erich Pommer
Companies
Production company
Universum-Film AG (UFA)