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.

Cast:Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Werner Fuetterer,

Genre:Fantasy, Drama, Horror,

country:Germany,

Production:UFA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,