Faust
The Voice of the Tempter.
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A visually stunning German Expressionist meditation on temptation, damnation, and the soul's eternal struggle between divine grace and infernal corruption.
God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.
Essence
Ensemble
Gösta Ekman
Faust
Emil Jannings
Mephisto
Camilla Horn
Gretchen Marguerite
Frida Richard
Gretchens's Mother
William Dieterle
Valentin
Werner Fuetterer
Erzengel
Yvette Guilbert
Marthe Schwerdtlein
Eric Barclay
Duke of Parma
Hanna Ralph
Duchess of Parma
Hans Brausewetter
Farmboy (uncredited)
Lothar Müthel
Friar (uncredited)
Hertha von Walther
(uncredited)
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