Does Faust in the Underworld end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Faust in the Underworld easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Faust in the Underworld scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Faust in the Underworld sad?

Not especially. Less sad than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Faust in the Underworld violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Faust in the Underworld

Name: Faust in the Underworld
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 1903
Duration: 7 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Georges Méliès

Directed by Georges Méliès

Produced by Star Film

19037 min5.8 / 10

A visually extravagant silent-film adaptation of the Faust legend that trades narrative depth for spectacular, surreal depictions of demonic temptation and infernal torment.

The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with simply offering a fancifully illustrated late episode without the earlier narrative context (however, spoken narration provides some of the latter in this restored print). Tempted by Mephistopheles with all kinds of dancing and ethereal babes, Faust is at first excited and then terrified by the sight of various demons and monsters. The painted-set designers really went hog wild on this one, depicting the (sometimes sexy) torments of subterranean Hell with in bold terms (even when ballerinas prance in the foreground). (Dennis Harvey, Fandor)

Clusters

Comedy Horror Movies Ancient Curses And Revenge

Genres

Fantasy

Keywords

Based On Song, Poem Or Rhyme Silent Film

Questions people ask

Does Faust in the Underworld end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Faust in the Underworld easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Faust in the Underworld scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.
Is Faust in the Underworld sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.
Is Faust in the Underworld violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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