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Uniform Title Faust (Motion picture : 1926)
Title Faust : eine deutsche Volkssage / Manuskript, Hans Kyser ; Regie, F.W. Murnau ; Ufa
Edition Restored deluxe edition
Published New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  791.4372 Kys/Fau  AVAILABLE
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)
Based on the play: Faust / by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Originally produced as a motion picture by UFA in 1926
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
DVD. Region unspecified. NTSC; digital stereo; 1.33:1
Silent, with added musical accompaniments
German version: German intertitles with optional English subtitles. Previous U.S. release version: English intertitles
Available for Deakin University staff and students only
Subject Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama.
Soul -- Drama.
Demonology -- Drama.
Genre/Form Fiction films.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Author Kyser, Hans, 1882-1940.
Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931, director
Ekman, Gösta, 1890-1938, actor
Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950, actor
Horn, Camilla, 1903-1996, actor
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.
UFA (Firm)
Kino International Corporation.
Other Titles Title on disc surface: F.W. Murnau's Faust