Faust
by F.W. Murnau
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Actor: Camilla Horn, Emil Jannings, Frida Richard, G?sta Ekman, William DieterleDirector: F.W. Murnau
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kino Video
Movie Reviews of Faust
Movie Review: Not bad...
Summary: 3 Stars
What can one say about a good movie? Quality is quite good, picture elements have been restored as best as they can be, which is not too bad.
My main gripe with this film (as I have with most other silent films on DVD) is that they are projected AT THE WQRONG SPEED! This speeded-up action really does take away from the quality of the film, as well as the seriousness of the drama. (This film was recorded at 20 frames per second [fps] but is shown at 24 fps, thereby lousing up the rhythm of this near-masterpiece!!)
There are two versions in this set: the American version, which runs 116 minutes, and the German version which runs only 106 minutes. The German version has subtitles in the intertitles, which can be bothersome to watch. (The quality of the German version is slightly less than the American version.)
The music for the American version is heroic indeed, performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra; the German version is performed -- I think -- very blandly by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Music-wise, the American version's music is vastly superior!
So, all in all, I really can recommend this film, despite the shortdomings of too-fast projection. The acting is good, and the "special effects" work is nicely done, too. A worthy addition to any cinephile's library!
Summary of Faust
Germanys legendary tale of an alchemist who enters into a pact with the devil. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 06/05/2001 Run time: 116 minutes Director: F.w. MurnauF.W. Murnau's last German production before leaving for Hollywood is a visually dazzling take on the Faust myth. Pushing the resources of the grand old German studio UFA to the limits, Murnau creates an epic vision of good versus evil as devil Emil Jannings tempts an idealistic aging scholar with youth, power, and romance. The handsome but wan Swedish actor Gosta Ekman plays the made-over Faust as a perfectly shallow scoundrel drunk with youth, and the lovely Camilla Horn (in a part written for Lillian Gish) is the young virgin courted, then cast aside, by Faust. The drama falters in the middle with a tedious courtship and bizarre comic interludes, but the delirious images of the opening (Jannings enveloping a mountain town in his dark cloak of evil) and the high melodrama of the climax (Horn desperately clutching her baby while crawling, abandoned and lost, through a snowstorm) triumphs over such shortcomings. The sheer scale of Murnau's epic and the magnificent play of light, shadow, and mist on his exquisitely designed sets makes this one of the most cinematically ambitious, visually breathtaking, and beautiful classics of the silent era. --Sean Axmaker
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