The genius of German expressionism at its remarkable best. This masterpiece, alongside Lang's 'Metropolis' were 50 years ahead of their time. Hitchcock's early apprenticeship in German film techniques triggered his own homage to German use of light and shadow: aka, 'Rebecca', 'The Lady Vanishes', then onto classics like 'The Birds' and 'Vertigo' Every single shot of this film is a labour of love. It puts of much of what we call entertainment to shame.
The germans made very good films in silent era then when They took to nazism it all went pear shaped hitler destroyed forever a countries reputation Till the end of time
Once i watched this movie under the effects of magical mushrooms and i had a PROFOUND experience, so intense that i had to pinch myself everytime just to check that i didnt died watching this movie... This movie is SURREAL, MAGNIFICIENT, i dont have words to describe it.
91 Years old now. about to be 92 in 2018. Don't feel bad though. The video that led me here, the guy was saying 88 years old. I figured It In my head. Some now days don't even bother with a calculator If they don't already know the answer.
So in 2020 this movie is roughly around 100 years old? Not sure what month it was released in so at this very moment it might only be 99 years old. There should be a celebration for its 100th Anniversary.
A true masterpiece. Depth, heart and morality in a movie today come very far and few between . I can't think of a movie past 2010 that my future grandchildren will look back upon and think "what a masterpiece".
Train to Busan. That's a masterpiece and it was released in 2016. You just have to watch movies outside of what's popular. There's some gems still being made.
The film score is really something from beyond. It has a ghostly vibe that seems to sink its teeth into your psyche, lining up perfectly with the atmosphere of what's currently happening but also foreshadowing the future of the characters actions simultaneously. It's really an ingenious piece and from the looks of the comments, seems like it's being over-looked.
Beautiful movie, i was in tears. There was too much suffering in life, Faust was just like any other humans, a victim of humanity's lust of youth, physical pleasures but love transcended this inherent selfishness when he fell in love with Gretchen and was willing to give up his life to be with her in the end.
Beautiful movie wtf are you talking about, this is a lesson for those who lust after pleasures and richness who would do everything even selling their own soul to achieve those goals submit to god no one can’t stand against him he’s the only one the almighty who can’t cancel any blood pact that’s what Faust in the end couldn’t seem to comprehend it was Faust fault and only his fault ,the girl went to heaven because she didn’t believe in satan she truly love Faust and plus she believed in god but didn’t know Faust sold his soul for power and knowledge, sorry if you even after seeing the movie couldn’t even realize what the movie was about dumb
October 1st....today.... I know this is supposed to be a moral tale, but I just love this movie for its atmospherics. I'm feeling all in the mood for Halloween.
F. W. Murnau was a great film director, perhaps one of the very best ever. It is sad that he died so young, before he could put his mark in sound films.
Wonderful, beautiful actress, her player is mystery and full of grace, no one actress exist like her nowadays. sorry for my english i speak french usually
DELPHINE TESLA MUSIC but its also very interesting how internet gives these movies a sort of a second premiere its good most of these are in public domain I must admit that this and Metropolis are my favourites ,recently saw the Nosferatu and while it started out good I must admit it had little character development ,I also saw the dante's inferno
I took a Cinema class in college and we were studying Horror and my professor showed us Nosferatu...I'm thinking I should get a refund for it. Seriously he should've shown us this instead. This blows Nosferatu out of the water. I got hooked to this only 5 minutes in.
+Mr Morgan Only because of that one image of Orlok walking up the stairs. Other than that, the movie really doesn't do anything that Faust doesn't do better. Besides, it was considered the 101 of Shadows by scholars. The idiots who glorify William Shakespeare even though it's still up for debate as to whether or not he even wrote half the plays he's credited for.
Mr Morgan Let's just agree that we disagree. I don't dispute that Nosferatu is a great movie, but by comparison I think Faust is the superior one. If you think Nosferatu is better, than who am I to say you're wrong? by the way, the stairs I was referring to was his shadow on the wall at the end of the movie when she offers herself to him. and I VERY seldom agree with scholars/critics.
This was a magnificent rendering, a tribute to eternity, although silent, it is a masterpiece from a different time where honor and virtue had meaning and it was captured on film for the degenerating mankind to see how far satan has caused them to fall. Bravo Faust!
the cool thing about silent movies like this is that you can mute them and play black metal or funeral doom over it and it make no difference other than add some cool vibes
If the music is the original that we would have heard in movie theater, then I disagree. The purposefully wrote music that set each scene and changed the varying moods.
Satan, the cursed one , offers the people nothing but illusions. For he cannot help you nor himself on the Day of Resurrection. he is but an open enemy for you.
At the end, girl sees her lover, one last time.. even she is going to die for not own sins but she takes the all guilt.. but she is not feeling pain, she has seen her lover cures everything.. what a suffer, tragic, endless abyss...
This movie is a masterpiece. I don't understand why all Murnau movies have been remastered except for this one. Why is Nosferatu praised so much but Faust gets overlooked? Nasferatu was boring and didn't have anyhting impressive. Faust is so rich and this soundtrack is perfection. Most of silent films music is just background looped tracks that are utterly boring. This film is so good it has inspired dozens and dozens of other films.
So Faust can wish for whatever he wants...but never thinks to wish that Gretchen's brother hadn't died? Are we to believe Mephisto can restore youth but can't either turn back time and/or keep someone from dying of a mortal wound? I haven't read the book, so I am curious, IS there actually anything their "agreement" that would prohibit this very logical wish from being granted?
F.W. died at about the time sound films came out. What an awful time to go, think of all he still had to offer, not to mention a good chunk of his films are lost.
Actually Faust's return to the town after his expulsion which probably took several decades or even a century or two, only for him to see it, exactly as he remembered it from his own youth only with a complete set of different people living in the place of the people he knew, does beg a question but what it felt like getting old in times when cities did not actually change that drastically you must realize that let's say a twelve century town would not look very different from a thirteen century one, so imagine Faust leaving his home town let's assume in 1385 and returning back in 1485 and seeing no signs of the plague and the town looking exactly as it did during his original youth, it's like the tragedy of the plague didn't happen and these people did not exist, and if he asked about it nobody would even know or remember what he's talking about, since not many people alive would even remember him, now that's some serious shit to think about.
I so love this movie! Although, this looks to be the international version, that some would argue to be inferior to the German domestic version. Still great, though, but if you liked this, then do yourself the favour and hunt down the domestic version. You will not regret it ;)
I'm coming back again to this video to say thank you so much for posting this. This video was my first experience to this story. Not only has this become one of my all time favorite films, but the story of Faust has now become one of my favorite stories of all time. This film is a masterpiece that deserves so much more recognition. I love it so much. Also what is the musical score used in this version? I have the film on dvd and blu ray but the scores are different and not nearly as good as this one. So I'll still be popping back to this one to give it a watch
I’ve seen this movie with different music! Don’t get me wrong! I think this is amazing but the version I heard was beautiful and haunting! I wish I could find that version...
Anybody can make educated guesses about how old is Faust at the start movie and how many years supposedly passed between the Parna wedding feast and Faust's return to his home town, also what year is that supposed to be set in?
Allô, L'Amour Inconditionné est Pur, Absolu et Incorruptible, autant Éternel qu'Immortel, mais tellement rare, précieux et sacré car Il est le Feu Vivifiant de l'Âme et le Sentiment Vivant du Coeur! Toutefois, seul le Soi (le Moi réel, véritable et incréé, cet Hôte résident dans l'Âme et régentant Celle-ci et le corps-conscience) en est le possesseur, garant et conservateur; alors, il sera nécessaire que l'ego soit éradiquer tant en désillusion du Désir corps que désindentifier à l'esprit du Penser, i.e. où le Soi sera à Nu, vide de l'ego et qu'étant Seul sans rien d'autre que Lui-Même, alors, Il saura que l'Amour Inconditionné se maintient toujours en Lui, mais sans ego, Il peut maintenant le savoir et connaître qu'il est l'Amour car Il voit que cet Amour et que ce Soi ne font qu'Un...! Merci infiniment de cet Amour et de ce Soi car Ils sont comme la chaleur, la lumière et vérité rayonnantes et unifiantes au soleil...!
F. W. Murnau is best known today for Nosferatu: A Symphony In Horror, but this movie clearly is far superior to Nosferatu. The visual imagery is stunning, operatic in scale, and the story turns upon philosophy and human failings. It's a masterpiece of German expressionist cinema and one of the finest movies of the silent era. This is the movie Murnau should be known for.
