F.W. Murnau FAUST vintage film still / Germany 1926

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Description: Gosta Eckman and Emil Jannings in F. W. Murnau's FAUST (1926)

Vintage gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm)
Verso: Typed - GOETHES "FAUST", AN UFA PRODUCTION, A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PRODUCTION. Various pencil annotations and a newspaper clipping, date stamped Jan 7 1927

FAUST was one of the most pictorially beautiful films ever made, a supreme example of German studio craftsmanship, at times seeming like a Dürer or Bruegel come to life. The expressionistic medieval settings were beautifully lighted; strange apparitions and weird camera tricks added a mystical atmosphere; low angles and ceilings were again employed. In the famous scene where Mephisto and the rejuvenated Faust fly through the air, the camera, placed on a roller coaster device, traveled over miles of miniature cities and country.

The leading role was played by Gösta Ekmann, noted Swedish actor, who was able to project successfully the extreme contrast between youth and old age.... But ... it was Emil Jannings who ran away with the picture, dressed in a long black cape to make him appear more slender, and playing with mischief and subtle humor a very delightful Mephistopheles. - Theodore Huff: "An Index to the Films of F.W. Murnau", Sight & Sound

Status: Sold	Reference#: 07_020
Condition: Very good	Year: 1920s
Country: USA
Height: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Width: 10 in. (25.40 cm)

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