Faust (1926)

FW Murnau made the most expensive film in German history with Faust, and it bombed horribly making back only half of its production costs. That is a shame, because this movie is a real joy of German Expressionism. The two main centers of that fun are with the overall production design, which is a real height of the entire film movement, and the performance of Emil Jannings as Mephisto. Having made the wildly successful The Last Laugh, Murnau was given carte blanche with this project, and whi...