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Faust AKA Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage (1926)
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.Director: F.W. Murnau
OVERALL: R0-
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Extras:Production Notes
Photo gallery -
Subtitles:English Intertitles (and burnt-in English subtitles for onscreen German text)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround (Timothy Brock score)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"The Language of Shadows: Faust" documentary
Screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production
Image Gallery
Essay by film historian Jan Christopher Horak
Set designs by Robert Herlth Gallery -
Subtitles:English for German Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.29:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1 (Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra score)
Music Dolby Digtial 2.0 stereo (Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra score)
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Only available in a boxed set with "Nosferatu", "Faust", "The Last Laugh", "Tartuffe", "The Haunted Castle", and "The Finances of the Grand Duke".
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary by film critics John Noonan and Leslie Morris
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Subtitles:English (optional) for German Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Russell Cawthorne of a commentary written by film historian Peter Spooner
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Los 5 Faust de F.W. Murnau" -documentary (in Spanish, no subs) (54:08)
Text pages in Spanish:
- Synopsis
- The Legend of Faust
- The Contribution by Murnau to Cinema
- Trivia
- Filmographies
Still gallery -
Subtitles:Optional Spanish inter-titles and subtitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Icludes original German inter-titles.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film (original domestic version) (1.28:1)
Audio commentary with film critics David Ehrenstein and Bill Krohn
DISC TWO
*The Film (international cut) (1.33:1)
"Tony Rayns on Faust" documentary (37:51)
"A Comparison of the Domestic and Export Releases" featurette (26:48) -
Subtitles:Original Domestic Version: English (optional) for German Intertitles
International Cut: English Intertitles (and burnt-in English subtitles for German text) -
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Original Domestic Version:
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (Timothy Brock Orchestral Score)
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (Stan Ambrose Harp Score)
International Cut:
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (Timothy Brock Orchestral Score) -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 28-page booklet.
Later reissued in a dual format edition with a Blu-ray, with a new 40 bage booklet. The DVDs of the dual format package are direct ports of the 2006 edition with same bitrate and VOB file dates. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Russell Cawthorne of a commentary written by film historian Peter Spooner
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Subtitles:English Intertitles (with burnt-in English subtitles for onscreen German text)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Case incorrectly marked "R2". Now out of print. The same transfer has been used for the "International Cut" on Disc 2 of the Eureka/Masters of Cinema release; the audio commentary has been omitted, but the bulk of the information has been reconstituted into the essay in the 28-page booklet.
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OVERALL: R0
The UK Eureka! Masters of Cinema has both cuts of the film with multiple score options.
The US Kino Murnau Boxed Set release has the original German cut multiple scores including a 5.1 option.
The Australian Force, Australian Bounty, UK Eureka, and UK Eureka! Masters of Cinema releases all include exclusive differing commentaries.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Kino Video - No cuts - international cut (115:31 NTSC), restored print by David Shepard.
- R0 Murnau Boxed Set America- Kino Video - No cuts - domestic version (106:48 NTSC)
- R0 Australia- Bounty Films - No cuts - domestic German version (106:19 NTSC).
- R0 Australia- Force Video - No cuts - international cut (115:51 PAL).
- R0 Spain- Divisa Red - No cuts (106:08 PAL), restored print by Luciano Berriatúa.
- R0 United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts - Features the domestic German cut (106:52 PAL) and the international cut (115:44).
- R0 United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts - International version (115:44)
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Comparison added by Goran_Andersson on 27/08/06
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 12/06/18UPDATE LOG:
08/07/14 : Added 2014 Eureka and Kino Murnau boxed set editions.
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