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Faust

1926 · 106 min

A solemn, visually striking silent tragedy that weighs the soul against desire, moving slowly toward a devastating, luminous climax.

Tagline: The Voice of the Tempter.
Overview: Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
betrayal
love
redemption
death
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	3
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: fantasy, drama, horror
Directed by: F. W. Murnau
Written by: Hans Kyser
Starring: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Werner Fuetterer, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay
Music: Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography: Carl Hoffmann
Runtime: 106 min
Country: Germany
Languages: No Language

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