The Voice of the Tempter.
Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.
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Standard length · 1h 46m
At 1h 46m it sits between 90 minutes and two hours.
Fantasy · Drama · Horror
TMDB files it under fantasy, drama, and horror.
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7.9 / 10 on TMDB
TMDB users rate it 7.9 out of 10 across 416 votes, a strong audience score. That is a moderate sample of voters.
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