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Title: Faust - The Masters of Cinema Series Condition: New Description: Murnau's last German film features astonishing photography, magnificent art direction, and special effects which retain the power to amaze. Freed from the constraints of psychological narrative, Murnau s mastery of cinematic technique places Faust, eine deutsche Volkssage [Faust: A German Folktale] at the pinnacle of the silent era, its barrage of visceral and apocryphal imagery contrasting with the simplicity and directness of its spiritual theme. In collaboration with the screenwriter Hans Kyser, Murnau fused Faust's script from German folk legend and the works of Goethe, Gounod, and Marlowe (particularly using the latter s tone). Faust's tale is a classic one of a man who sells his soul to the devil. In an attempt to gain control of the Earth, Mephisto (Emil Jannings) wagers an angel (Werner Fuetterer) that he can corrupt the soul of the elderly professor Faust (Gosta Ekman). As the Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride demonically through the sky, Mephisto towers over Faust's hometown unleashing a plague that spreads amongst its inhabitants. Faust, unable to find a cure for the citizens who are dropping dead around him, renounces both God and science invoking the aid of Satan through a mysterious book that he chances across. Actor: Hanna Ralph, Eric Barclay, Werner Fuetterer, Lothar Muthel, Hans Brausewetter, Emil Jannings, William Dieterle, Gosta Ekman, Camilla Horn, Yvette Guilbert Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany Director: F.W. Murnau EAN: 5060000701418 Format: Blu-ray Genre: Drama Language: German intertitles, German, German MPN: EKA70141 No Of Discs: 1 Rating: PG Region Code: Region B Release Date: 18/08/2014 Studio: Eureka Subtitle Language: English Run Time: 107 minutes Release Year: 2014 Missing Information?
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