“Faust” With Live Music @ Guild Cinema


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Faust – the F.W. Murnau 1926 silent classic with a live score – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, November 2 at 10:30 pm.

A Special presentation with a live score from touring metal band Silent Light!

Directed by F.W. Murnau -1926 – 106m – All Seats $12.00.

 The Silent Light presents F.W. Murnau’s 1926 silent masterpiece Faust like never before with an original heavy metal score.  This haunting reimagining brings the tale of Faust’s dark pact to life with intense, visceral soundscapes, blending the raw power of metal with the eerie beauty of Murnau’s timeless visuals.

Faust, produced by Ufa, stars 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 1808 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.  Faust was Murnau’s last German film, and directly afterward he moved to the United States under contract to William Fox to direct Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Ave NE in the Nob Hill area.

Website: GuildCinema.com