Edition |
Restored deluxe ed. |
Description |
2 DVDs (222 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
monochrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mixed |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC; digital stereo; 1.33:1. |
Note |
Silent, with added musical accompaniments. |
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Some credits from container. |
Contents |
[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.). |
Note |
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). |
Cast |
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer. |
Credits |
Cinematography, Carl Hoffmann ; English intertitles, John Stone ; video producer, David Shepard. |
Note |
Based on the play: Faust / by Johann Wolfgang Goethe. |
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Originally produced as a German motion picture by UFA in 1926. |
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German version recorded in 5.1 stereo. surround or 2.0 stereo. |
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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; lost screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production Marguerite and Faust; additional piano score by Perez de Azpeitia, adapted from the original 1926 orchestral arrangement; notes on the Mont Alto score. |
Summary |
Dr. Faust sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for scientific knowledge and perfect happiness. |
Language |
German version: German intertitles with optional English subtitles. Previous U.S. release version: English intertitles. |
Subject |
Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama.
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Faust, -approximately 1540. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Soul -- Drama.
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Soul. |
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Mephistopheles (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Mephistopheles (Legendary character) |
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Demonology -- Drama.
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Demonology. |
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Faust (Motion picture : 1926)
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Faust (Motion picture : 1926) |
Genre/Form |
Foreign films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Silent films.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Historical films.
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Historical films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added 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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Richard, Frieda, 1873-1946.
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Dieterle, William, 1893-1972.
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Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944.
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Barclay, Eric, 1894-1938.
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Ralph, Hanna, 1885-1978.
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Fuetterer, Werner, 1907-1991.
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Hoffmann, Carl, 1885-1947.
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Stone, John, 1888-1961.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
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Brock, Timothy.
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Shepard, David.
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Herlth, Robert, 1893-1962.
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Horak, Jan-Christopher.
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Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947.
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Pommer, Erich, 1889-1966.
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UFA (Firm)
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Kino International Corporation.
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Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
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Transit Film.
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Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
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Added Title |
Faust (Motion picture : 1926). https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86845916 English & German.
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Note |
Disc label title: F.W. Murnau's Faust |
Added Title |
Language of shadows.
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Standard No. |
738329064921 |
Music No. |
K649 Kino International |
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K649A Kino International |
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K649B Kino International |
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