Kino Classics will release on Blu-ray F.W. Murnau's
Faust (1926), starring Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, and Camilla Horn. The two-disc set will be available for purchase on November 17.
Synopsis: This special edition contains the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung's meticulous HD restoration of the original German release version of the film, as well as a DVD of the lengthier alternate cut prepared by the Ufa Studios in 1930 for distribution in the U.S.
Content and technical specs:
Disc One
- Original German release version (Blu-ray) 1926 | 106 min | B&W | 1920x1080p 1.33:1 | 2.0 Stereo
- German intertitles with optional English subtitles
Disc Two
- U.S Release version (DVD) 1930 | 116 min | B&W | 720x480 4x3 1.33:1 | 2.0 Stereo
Special Features:
- Piano score by Perez de Azpeitia, adapted from the original 1926 orchestral arrangement
- Orchestral score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
- Orchestral score by Timothy Brock, performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra (U.S. Release version)
- "The Language of Shadows: Faust" - A 53-minute documentary on the making of the film and its subsequent restoration
- Screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production Marguerite and Faust