Faust
About Faust
Old Dr. Faust, worn out by study, raises a cup of poison and then dashes it down. He calls the infernal powers. Mephistopheles offers youth and pleasure for his soul. Faust signs, becomes a young man, and seduces Marguerite. He kills her brother Valentine in a duel and flees. Marguerite, deserted, kills the child and is thrown in prison. After the Walpurgis night Faust finds her there. She forgives him and dies in his arms.
Cast & crew
More about Faust
The Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé credits Henri Andréani and dates the French release to November 1910, catalogue number 3937. The film is 605 meters, of which 508 meters are in color. Ciné-Journal announced it on December 10, 1910. It played the Théâtre National Pathé in Bordeaux on February 8, 1911. Pathé Frères released it in the United States in June 1911. It follows Goethe's play.
Themes
Making
Pathé issued it as a dramatic scene adapted from Goethe, with most of the print colored rather than left black and white.
Technique
Pathé colored 508 of the 605 meters.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons as Faust (1910).webm.
Notes
- Pathé's own synopsis has Marguerite kill the child born of the affair before she is jailed.
- The American Moving Picture World summary includes the duel with Valentine and her death in Faust's arms, and does not mention the child.
- 508 meters of the 605-meter negative were colored.
- Wikidata also names Enrico Guazzoni and David Barnett. The Pathé foundation credit is Andréani alone.
Scenes
- Faust throws down the poison cup and signs Mephistopheles's paper.
- Marguerite dies in his arms in the prison.
Influenced by
- Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Faust (1910).webm)
