Faust with Gösta Ekman: DVD Cover

    Faust
    a.k.a. Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage Director: F.W. Murnau Cast: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Werner Fuetterer

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/17/2009
    • Original Release: 1926
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 11,350

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    New musical score by the mont alto motion picture orchestra in 5.1 stereo surround or 2.0 stereo; Additional piano scoreby Perez De Azpeitia, adapted from the original 1926 orchestral arrangment; "The Language of Shadow: Faust," a 53 minute documentary on the making of Murnau's film; The lost screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production Margeurite and Faust; Set designs by Robert Herlth; Photo gallery; Notes on the mont alto score; Essay by film historian Jan Christopher Horak

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    Disc #1 -- FAUST (2PC)
    1. Opening Titles [:08]
    2. A Wager [1:38]
    3. The Plague Descends [4:00]
    4. Mortal Terror [6:49]
    5. No Knowledge [2:43]
    6. The Cross-Roads [2:28]
    7. The Bargain [3:51]
    8. The Trial Day [5:37]
    9. Youth [2:41]
    10. Upon the Cloak [5:06]
    11. The Duchess of Parma [3:11]
    12. Home [5:59]
    13. Gretchen [2:47]
    14. The Devil's Power [5:37]
    15. The Love Potion [7:30]
    16. Sweet-Hearts [6:51]
    17. Virtrue and Honor [8:45]
    18. The Duel [5:50]
    19. The Guilty [3:23]
    20. A Child Is Born [5:04]
    21. Gretchen's Punishment [6:12]
    22. To the Stake [3:39]
    23. Release [2:04]
    24. The Word [2:39]
    1. Opening Titles [2:21]
    2. Camilla [6:27]
    3. Casting [1:11]
    4. Art Direction [5:44]
    5. Mass Production [3:34]
    6. Filming Begins [6:09]
    7. Effects [5:21]
    8. The MGM Version [4:47]
    9. On the Set [3:39]
    10. Changes [4:08]
    11. Influences [5:10]
    12. New Worlds [4:18]
    Disc #2 -- FAUST (2PC)
    1. Opening Titles [:08]
    2. A Wager [:57]
    3. The Plague Descends [4:40]
    4. Mortal Terror [7:28]
    5. No Knowledge [2:47]
    6. The Cross-Roads [3:07]
    7. The Bargain [4:05]
    8. The Trial Day [6:46]
    9. Youth [5:31]
    10. Upon the Cloak [3:23]
    11. The Duchess of Parma [3:35]
    12. Home [6:53]
    13. Gretchen [2:53]
    14. The Devil's Power [6:39]
    15. The Love Potion [6:08]
    16. Sweet-Hearts [7:32]
    17. Virtue and Honor [9:29]
    18. The Duel [5:54]
    19. The Guilty [4:00]
    20. A Child Is Born [5:37]
    21. Gretchen's Punishment [6:02]
    22. To the Stake [4:44]
    23. Release [2:10]
    24. The Word [2:46]

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    Editorial Reviews

    F. W. Murnau's Faust (1926) has long lingered in the shadow of Nosferatu, his unauthorized Dracula adaptation. Although it's no masterpiece, there are riveting moments galore. It kicks off with a breathtaking opening, using light metaphorically to depict an argument between the Devil (Emil Jannings) and an angel, punctuating the frame with extremes of brightness and darkness. Driven to despair, Faust (Gösta Ekman) makes a deal with the devil to save his town, in which half the inhabitants have died of plague in just a few days. Faust is a film of great set pieces -- the opening; Gretchen (Camilla Horn) agonizing in abandonment amid winter snowdrifts; a flight taken by Faust and Mephisto -- but not a great film. Murnau emphasizes imagery over storytelling, leading to some jarring tonal shifts. The middle section, devoted to Faust's courtship of Gretchen, is almost lighthearted, injecting a comic element that seems wildly inappropriate here, although it might work in a different context. Faust is at its best in moody, mystical mode. Frequently the film draws on its own roots as a folktale as much as on Goethe's version. Even if its spell wavers, Faust bedazzles often enough to make the movie a memorable experience. -- Steve Erickson Barnes & Noble

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