Faust (1926)

Name: Faust
Released: 1926-10-14
Duration: 106 min

Find London cinema screenings for Faust, choose a showing and book with the cinema.

Director: F. W. Murnau
Runtime: 106 minutes
Original release date: 1926-10-14 (TMDB; may differ from the UK release)
Original title: Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage

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.

London screenings

All dates and times are in London time. These listings reflect the programme update below.

15 November 2026 at 14:00 · Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, London, E8 1HE, UK · Faust · standard · Book with the cinema
21 November 2026 at 19:30 · Waterhouse Hall Theatre, 77 Compton Road, London, N21 3JR, UK · Faust · standard · Book with the cinema