Faust (1926) Live & Immersive Centenary Score

A live-scored immersive screening of Murnau's 1926 expressionist film Faust at Abney Park Chapel, marking the film's centenary and 250 years since Goethe's first draft.

The Enchanted Cinema returns to Abney Park Chapel for a live cinema performance of Murnau's Faust (1926), a landmark of German Expressionist film telling a story of a pact with the devil and a world in moral collapse. The silent film is accompanied by a live score for trumpet, violin, guitar, organ and electric viola, with real-time sound processing and foley effects. The performance marks 250 years since Goethe's first draft of Faust and the centenary of the film, and is supported by the BFI's Audience Projects Fund.