Ending scene in Faust (1926)

F. W. Murnau s Faust was seen as kitsch by several contemporary critics. This clip includes the brilliant soundtrack rescored by Timothy Brock. A balance between classicism and kitsch not a Gesamtkunstverk (true art) Fritz Göttler Those German critics who were not on UFA s payroll expressed contempt for the film s sentimentalism, dismissing it as a kitsch travesty of the classic text of German Liz Jones, journalist br, br,