Visually impressive, and with an absolutely marvelous, commanding performance by future Oscar winner (and future Nazi) Emil Jannings, Faust beside Nosferatu and Sunrise as F.W. Murnau's best work . Extremely funny on occasion (as when Jannings sticks his fingers in his ears outside of the Easter Mass), effectively sinister in others, Faust is a buried treasure waiting to be unearthed. Having seen it is perhaps a good qualifier for the title of "Film Fanatic".
