Faust (1926)

Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.

Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Horror

What to watch after Faust

• Metropolis (1927) — Same subject: german expressionism
• Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) — Same subject: based on myths, legends or folklore
• Nosferatu (1922) — F. W. Murnau directed both
• The Last Laugh (1924) — Same subject: german expressionism
• The Blue Angel (1930) — Emil Jannings appears in both
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — William Dieterle worked on both