There are silent film classics and then there's the monumental ... Murnau takes on the folklore figure of Dr. Faust (played here by Gösta Ekman), who sells his soul to the devil in this sweeping ...

The film’s heroine, Gretchen (Camilla Horn) is seduced and abandoned by Faust. Her wide-eyed distress seems like a template for Depp’s tortured Ellen. German director Fritz Lang is better known for ...