Faust (1926)
Directed by F. W. Murnau · Cinematography by Carl Hoffmann
107 min62 frames
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What is Faust about?
God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.
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What does the cinematography of Faust look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, Faust builds its coverage from medium shots (42% of the sample), with full-body frames (21%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Carl Hoffmann keeps 50% of it in hard-edged, chiaroscuro light. 79% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1920s.
What is the color palette of Faust?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Faust (1926) are #040404, #2e2e2e, #8c8c8c, #fafafa, #4b4b4b, #6c6c6c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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