Faust
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1926 |
| Country | Germany |
| Director | F. W. Murnau |
| Cast | Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard |
| Genre | Silent fantasy drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Faust | – |
| Español | Fausto | Fausto |
| Français | Faust | Faust |
| Deutsch | Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage | Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage |
| Português | Fausto | Fausto |
| Italiano | Faust | Faust |
| Русский | Фауст | Faust |
| 中文（简体） | 浮士德 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 浮士德 | – |
| 한국어 | 파우스트 | Pauseuteu |
| ไทย | เฟาสต์ | Faos |
| Tiếng Việt | Faust | Faust |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Faust | Faust |
| 日本語 | ファウスト | Fausuto |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which mortal desire and spiritual judgment collide within a demonic bargain.
■ Synopsis
A scholar enters a pact with demonic power, gaining youth and desire while his soul is drawn toward judgment and possible redemption.
■ RECIPE Tags
#FaustianBargain #TemptationAndJudgment #SoulAndRedemption #DesireAgainstSalvation
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Desire as the opening of damnation
Reason: Human weakness becomes the gate through which supernatural power enters the moral order.
Related Film: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Middle: The bargain as loss of self
Reason: The contract grants power while transferring the self into an irreversible spiritual debt.
Related Film: The Student of Prague - Core: Redemption beyond the contract
Reason: The soul is not measured only by sin but by the final possibility of grace.
Related Film: The Devil and Daniel Webster
■ Secondary Axes
- Demonic mediation: Evil appears not as chaos alone but as a negotiator of human desire.
Related Film: Angel Heart - Love against metaphysical corruption: Sacrifice becomes the counterforce to a world infected by darkness.
Related Film: Nosferatu
■ Person
- Director: F. W. Murnau
- Cast: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
■ Structural Tags
#ContractStructure #TemptationArc #RedemptionConflict
■ Attribute Tags
#Germany #1926Film #SilentFilm
