(F.W. Murnau, Germany 1926, 106 min., Digital Projection)

Following Nosferatu and The Last Laugh, master expressionist F.W. Murnau hit a crest with his rendering of Goethe’s classic Faust. Emil Jannings plays the diabolical Mephistopheles, who tempts an aging alchemist with the promise of eternal youth for a small price…his everlasting soul. Murnau pushed the limits of visual creativity, using experimental optical effects to create the cinematic equivalent of sturm und drang. Faust will be brought to life with an exhilarating new score performed live by Willem Breuker Kollektief—a ten-piece orchestra from the Netherlands. Admission $10, $8 members/students. No Take-10 tickets or passes.

A co-presentation of the Bop Shop; George Eastman House; the University of Rochester’s Departments of Modern Languages and Cultures, Modern Languages and Cultures German Section, Visual Cultural Studies, Film Studies, and River Campus’ Department of Music; and the Eastman School of Music’s Departments of Musicology and Humanities.