Date and Time
- Friday, Oct 30, 2026 7pm
Details
100th Anniversary | Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Earle Simpson
[FAUST: EINE DEUTSCHE VOLKSSAGE]
A key film in Germany’s Expressionist film movement, FAUST was German film giant UFA’s most expensive production, until the following year’s legendary METROPOLIS (a combination credited with nearly bankrupting the company). Emil Jannings clearly relishes playing an over-the-top Mephisto, who tempts the aging alchemist Faust (Gösta Ekman) with youth, fame, fortune and sex in exchange for his soul. Among F. W. Murnau’s greatest films, FAUST dazzles the eye with UFA’s meticulous set design, gliding camerawork by Carl Hoffmann and innovative special effects.
