Description |
2 videodiscs (222 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
Contents |
[Disc 1]. Restored German version (106 min.) ; The language of shadows : "Faust" -- [Disc 2]. Previous U.S. release version (116 min.) |
Summary |
Dr. Faust sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for scientific knowledge and perfect happiness |
Notes |
Music for German version compiled from historic photoplay music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (c2009). Music for U.S. release version composed and conducted by Timothy Brock (c1995) |
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Based on the play: Faust / by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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Originally produced as a motion picture by UFA in 1926 |
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Special features: "The language of shadows : Faust," a 53-min. documentary on the making of the film ; set designs by Robert Herlth ; photo gallery ; essay by Jan Christopher Horak ; photo gallery ; lost screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production Marguerite and Faust |
Credits |
Cinematography, Carl Hoffmann ; director, F.W. Murnau ; intertitles, Hans Kyser ; producer, Erich Pommer |
Cast |
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer |
Notes |
No rating given |
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DVD. Region unspecified. NTSC; digital stereo; 1.33:1 |
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Silent, with added musical accompaniments |
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German version: German intertitles with optional English subtitles. Previous U.S. release version: English intertitles |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama.
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Soul -- Drama.
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Demonology -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Author |
Kyser, Hans, 1882-1940.
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Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931, director
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Ekman, Gösta, 1890-1938, actor
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Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950, actor
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Horn, Camilla, 1903-1996, actor
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Faust.
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UFA (Firm)
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Kino International Corporation.
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