F.W. Murnau had already left for Hollywood to make Sunrise when his final German film, a lavishly budgeted adaptation of the Faust legend, was released to the international market in 1926. Seven ...

Director: F.W. Murnau Starring: Gosta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard Running Time: 107 minutes Certificate: PG Extras: Audio Commentary with David Ehrenstein and Bill Krohn ...

Watching Kino's new two-disc set of Murnau's "Faust" the other night, I was struck by how frequently he dealt with transformation - spiritual as well as physical. In "Faust," there is the initial ...

And the two films with which Murnau capped his German career -- “Tartuffe” (1925), based on the Moliere comedy, and “Faust” -- propose audacious solutions to the problem of adaptation ...

The 12-disc set documents the great work done at Fox studios by its top two directors: F.W. Murnau (1888-1931) and Frank Borzage (1894-1962). The two are not the most natural pairing.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. OGUNQUIT — It’s been a novel, a stage play, and an opera. So when ...

Murnau devised images that carried the full burden of the drama. The challenge with “Faust” is that it’s not just a plot but a poem; the movie would inevitably be held up to the standard of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Cinema, in philosophical terms, can be seen as the world's shadow - or as a mirror that shows us the illusory nature of our own ...