Faust is a 1926 silent film produced by
UFA, directed by
F. W. Murnau, starring
Gösta Ekman as Faust,
Emil Jannings as Mephisto,
Camilla Horn as Gretchen/Marguerite,
Frida Richard as her mother,
Wilhelm Dieterle as her brother and
Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein, her aunt. Murnau's film draws on older traditions of the legendary tale of
Faust as well as on
Goethe's classic version. UFA wanted
Ludwig Berger to direct
Faust, as Murnau was engaged with
Variety; Murnau pressured the producer and, backed by Jannings, eventually persuaded
Erich Pommer to let him direct the film.