God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.
Gösta Ekman
as Faust
Emil Jannings
as Mephisto
Camilla Horn
as Gretchen Marguerite
Frida Richard
as Gretchens's Mother
William Dieterle
as Valentin
Werner Fuetterer
as Erzengel
Yvette Guilbert
as Marthe Schwerdtlein
Eric Barclay
as Duke of Parma
Hanna Ralph
as Duchess of Parma
Hans Brausewetter
as Farmboy (uncredited)
Lothar Müthel
as Friar (uncredited)
Hertha von Walther
as (uncredited)
