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Faust : eine deutsche Volkssage /

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Classic tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil, based on Goethe's Faust and folk sagas.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Faust (Motion picture : 1926)
Corporate Authors: Kino International Corporation, UFA (Firm)
Other Authors: Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931, Kyser, Hans, 1882-1940, Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950, Ekman, Gösta, 1890-1938, Dieterle, William, 1893-1972, Horn, Camilla, 1903-1996, Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Silent film, with music soundtrack and English intertitles by John Stone.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2001]
Edition:Full-frame.
Subjects:
Faust, > -approximately 1540 > Drama.
Soul > Drama.
Demonology > Drama.
Fantasy films > Germany.
Silent films > Germany.
Feature films > Germany.
Silent films.
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Description
Summary:Classic tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil, based on Goethe's Faust and folk sagas.
Item Description:Digital stereo orchestral score; aspect ratio: 1.33:1.
Based on the play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Videodisc release of the 1926 UFA studios motion picture, digitally mastered from 35mm archive materials.
Special features: "UFA Studios 1925: the making of Faust" (a gallery of 1925 rare production stills); leaflet with essay by film historian Jan Christopher Horak.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Carl Hoffmann ; produced for video by David Shepard ; music composed and counducted by Timothy Brock and peformed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra.