Well I don't know if the movies stays truthful to the original story as I haven't read it. I have also heard there are several versions of the Faust story. I thought it started quite interesting enough with the plague and an old Faust trying to find a way to help the people. However when he seeks for help with the devil who offers him the joy to become and remain young the plague problems are forgotten and we follow Faust getting amorous, falling in love at first sight with some silly and way too long romantic sequences. The devil plays some evil tricks too. The further the movie the more I got a bad feeling in my stomach from silly to totally dark. Surely story-wise it's worked out better than Nosferatu and visually amazing but all in all rather messy and not really entertaining.
Review of Faust
