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Faust : eine deutsche Volkssage / Disc label title: F.W. Murnau's Faust English subtitles title: Faust, a German folktale Also known as: Faust, a German folk legend Also known as: Fausto - Blu-ray + bonus DVD ; restored edition. , Germany - 2 videodiscs : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Collection includes feature film in two versions: restored German version (106 min.) on Blu-ray disc and previous U.S. release version (116 min.) on DVD. Some credits from container. Based on the play: Faust / by Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Originally produced as a German motion picture by UFA in 1926. New musical score compiled from historic photoplay music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (c2009); additional piano score by Perez de Aspeitia, adopted from the original 1926 orchestral arrangement; music for U.S. release version composed and conducted by Timothy Brock (copyright 1995). 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; lost screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production Marguerite and Faust; notes on the Mont Alto score.

[Disc 1]. Restored German version (106 min.) / Transit Film ; Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung. The language of shadows : "Faust" -- [Disc 2]. Previous U.S. release version (116 min.).

Cinematography, Carl Hoffmann ; English intertitles, John Stone ; video producer, David Shepard. Cinematography, Carl Hoffmann ; English intertitles, John Stone ; video producer, David Shepard.

Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer.

Dr. Faust sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for scientific knowledge and perfect happiness.


DVD; NTSC.
Blu-ray disc; region A; digitally restored HD from 35mm archival elements; recorded in 5.1 stereo surround or 2.0 stereo; requires Blu-ray player.


Silent, with added musical accompaniments and optional English intertitles (German version) or English intertitles (U.S. release version).

Standard No.: 738329201913

Publisher. No.: K20191 Kino Classics

Subjects--Personal Names:
Faust, -approximately 1540 --Drama.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 --Film adaptations.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Soul--Drama.
Mephistopheles (Legendary character)--Drama.
Demonology--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.

LC Class. No.: PT1920 / .F38 2015