The Resource Faust : eine deutsche Volkssage, Manuskript, Hans Kyser ; Regie, F.W. Murnau ; Ufa, (videorecording DVD)

Faust : eine deutsche Volkssage, Manuskript, Hans Kyser ; Regie, F.W. Murnau ; Ufa, (videorecording DVD)

Label
Faust : eine deutsche Volkssage
Title
Faust
Title remainder
eine deutsche Volkssage
Statement of responsibility
Manuskript, Hans Kyser ; Regie, F.W. Murnau ; Ufa
Title variation
F.W. Murnau's Faust
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • ger
  • eng
  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
Summary
Dr. Faust sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for scientific knowledge and perfect happiness
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Carl Hoffmann ; director, F.W. Murnau ; intertitles, Hans Kyser ; producer, Erich Pommer
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
  • Silent, with added musical accompaniments
  • German version: German intertitles with optional English subtitles. Previous U.S. release version: English intertitles
PerformerNote
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1882-1940
  • 1888-1931
  • 1890-1938
  • 1884-1950
  • 1903-1996
  • 1749-1832
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Kyser, Hans
  • Murnau, F. W.
  • Ekman, Gösta
  • Jannings, Emil
  • Horn, Camilla
  • Brock, Timothy
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
  • UFA (Firm)
  • Kino International Corporation
Runtime
222
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
  • Faust
  • Mephistopheles
  • Soul
  • Demonology
  • Foreign films
  • Feature films
Technique
live action
Label
Faust : eine deutsche Volkssage, Manuskript, Hans Kyser ; Regie, F.W. Murnau ; Ufa, (videorecording DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Music for German version compiled from historic photoplay music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (c2009). Music for U.S. release version composed and conducted by Timothy Brock (c1995)
  • Based on the play: Faust / by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Originally produced as a motion picture by UFA in 1926
  • Special features: "The language of shadows : Faust," a 53-min. documentary on the making of the film ; set designs by Robert Herlth ; photo gallery ; essay by Jan Christopher Horak ; photo gallery ; lost screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production Marguerite and Faust
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc 1. Restored German version (106 min.)
  • The language of shadows : "Faust"
  • Disc 2. Previous U.S. release version (116 min.)
  • "Faust"
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Restored deluxe edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (222 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
738329064921
Other physical details
digital, black and white
Publisher number
K649
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, NTSC; digital stereo; 1.33:1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Faust : eine deutsche Volkssage, Manuskript, Hans Kyser ; Regie, F.W. Murnau ; Ufa, (videorecording DVD)
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Music for German version compiled from historic photoplay music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (c2009). Music for U.S. release version composed and conducted by Timothy Brock (c1995)
  • Based on the play: Faust / by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Originally produced as a motion picture by UFA in 1926
  • Special features: "The language of shadows : Faust," a 53-min. documentary on the making of the film ; set designs by Robert Herlth ; photo gallery ; essay by Jan Christopher Horak ; photo gallery ; lost screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production Marguerite and Faust
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc 1. Restored German version (106 min.)
  • The language of shadows : "Faust"
  • Disc 2. Previous U.S. release version (116 min.)
  • "Faust"
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Restored deluxe edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (222 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
738329064921
Other physical details
digital, black and white
Publisher number
K649
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, NTSC; digital stereo; 1.33:1
Video recording format
DVD

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