Faust [videorecording] : eine deutsche Volkssage / Kino International ; Transit Film GmbH ; Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; UFA ; manuskript, Hans Kyser ; Regie, F.W. Murnau.
Kyser, Hans, 1882-1940.; Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931.; Ekman, Gösta, 1890-1938.; Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950.; Horn, Camilla, 1903-1996.; Pérez de Azpeitia, Javier.; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.; Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.; UFA (Firm); Kino International Corporation.; Transit Film.; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.; Televisión Española.; Filmoteca Madrid (Firm)
2009
PN1997 .F387 2009
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Title
Faust [videorecording] : eine deutsche Volkssage / Kino International ; Transit Film GmbH ; Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; UFA ; manuskript, Hans Kyser ; Regie, F.W. Murnau.
Variant Title
Title on disc and menu: F.W. Murnau's Faust
Edition
Restored ed.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Kino International ; [Germany] : Distributed worldwide by Transit Film, c2009.
Language
German
Language Note
German intertitles with optional English subtitles ; silent, with added musical accompaniment.
Description
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
PN1997 .F387 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.4372
Distributor No.
K649A Kino International
Summary
Dr. Faust sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for scientific knowledge and perfect happiness.
Note
Based on the play: Faust / by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1926.
Released in 2009 as part of a 6 DVD set, Murnau, by Kino International.
Disc menu incorrectly lists bonus documentary title as "The language of shadows : Faust."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1926.
Released in 2009 as part of a 6 DVD set, Murnau, by Kino International.
Disc menu incorrectly lists bonus documentary title as "The language of shadows : Faust."
Credits
Photographie, Carl Hoffmann ; intertitles, Hans Kyser ; Choice of musical score: piano score by Javier Pérez de Azpeitia, based on the orchestral arrangement by Peter Hensel or music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Performer
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer.
Cast
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer.
System Details Note
DVD, NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio ; Stereo 2.0 or 5.1 audio.
Added Author
Kyser, Hans, 1882-1940.
Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931.
Ekman, Gösta, 1890-1938.
Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950.
Horn, Camilla, 1903-1996.
Pérez de Azpeitia, Javier.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.
Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931.
Ekman, Gösta, 1890-1938.
Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950.
Horn, Camilla, 1903-1996.
Pérez de Azpeitia, Javier.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.
Added Corporate Author
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
UFA (Firm)
Kino International Corporation.
Transit Film.
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Televisión Española.
Filmoteca Madrid (Firm)
UFA (Firm)
Kino International Corporation.
Transit Film.
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Televisión Española.
Filmoteca Madrid (Firm)
Series
Murnau (Kino)
Includes
Sprache der Schatten : Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau und seine filme.
Record Appears in
On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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Table of Contents
Special features: Das Meisterstück : Faust (from the series Die Sprache der Schatten : Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau und seine filme / The language of shadows : F.W. Murnau and his films) (TVE ; Filmoteca Madrid ; 2007 ; 53 min.) ; set designs by Robert Herlth ; screen tests for Ernst Lubitsch's "Marguerite and Faust" ; photo gallery ; essay by film historian Jan Christopher Horak ; Notes on the Mont Alto Score [found on the audio setup menu].