503 Faust (1926)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
503 Faust (1926)
- When the film was already finished and edited, the UFA began to dislike
'Hans Kyser' (qv)'s text and asked German writer 'Gerhard Hauptmann' (qv) to
work on it. Kyser disagreed, but when Hauptmann was finished finally the
UFA disliked Hauptmann's text even more and the film was released with
Kyser's original.
- 'Lillian Gish' (qv) was asked to star in the movie, but her demands were
unacceptable. 'Leni Riefenstahl' (qv) applied for the femal lead role,
but was turned down.
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