F.W. Murnau's classic silent version of the German folk story. Faust (Gosta Ekmann) is an alchemist and scholar who becomes an unwitting pawn in a wager made between the Devil (Emil Jannings) and the Archangel Michael. The Devil sends a plague upon Faust's village, and Faust manages to find a cure, but only after entering into a terrrible bargain which could see his soul damned forever. The Devil then tempts Faust with eternal youth and the love of the beautiful Gretchen, but the scholar continues to struggle with his fate.

Classic German fantasy in two parts from director Fritz Lang. Based upon the same Germanic myth that inspired Wagner's epic 'Ring' cycle of operas, the first part of the film, 'Siegfried', follows a man, Siegfried (Paul Richter), who believes that he has become invincible after slaying a dragon. Hubris is dangerous, however, and Siegfried may discover to his cost that he has one significant area of vulnerability. The second part, 'Kriemhild's Revenge', follows Princess Kriemheld (Margarete Schön), as she struggles to find a life beyond her love, Siegfried, amidst a kingdom torn apart by war and turmoil.