FILM
The Voice of the Tempter.
Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Starring Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Werner Fuetterer, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay
From TMDB release dates and JustWatch offers, as listed on 17 October 2026. Both change often; a missing date or offer means none is listed yet.
| In cinemas | 26 November 1926 |
|---|---|
| Digital release | No date listed |
| Physical release | 22 October 2001 |
| First cinema release anywhere | 14 October 1926 (Germany) |
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| Country | In cinemas | Physical |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 14 Oct 1926 | – |
| United States | 5 Dec 1926 | – |
| Portugal | 18 Apr 1927 | – |
| Netherlands | – | 2 Aug 2013 |
| Greece | 30 Jul 2026 | – |
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