Feb 10th    
Faust**     
(Ger 1926)    
UFA. 106m. bw. silent

Aged physician Faust sells his soul to try and cure plague victims, but is corrupted instead by the Devil.
Wonderfully visual if typically overstated Murnau supernatural drama, not long before his Hollywood transfer with Sunrise.

Written by: Hans Kyser.
Producer: Erich Pommer.
Director: F.W. Murnau.
Starring: Gosta Ekmann, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Yvette Gilbert, Werner Fuetterer.
Photography: Carl Hoffmann.

Preceded by:
Under the Roses    
(GB 2025. 10m.; Two railway workers trapped underground start to discover each others' secrets.; w, p, d: Jim Burke; s: George Penny, Lester Pearce; ph: Noah Grant; m: Harvey O'Sullivan.)