Faust (disambiguation)

Faust is the protagonist of a German legend about a magician who makes a pact with the Devil. The character is based on a real person, Johann Georg Faust (c. 1500), but the story is fictional, and modeled largely on ancient sources.

The first version of the Faust legend is the anonymously-authored polemical book, Historia von D. Johann Fausten (1587).

This in turn gave rise to the following important dramatic works:

Doctor Faustus (c. 1592), a play by Christopher Marlowe
Goethe's Faust (1770-1832), a multipart dramatic poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust (1859), an opera by Charles Gounod based on Goethe's Faust
Faust ballets (18th–20th centuries), a number of ballets based on the story of Faust

Faust may also refer to the following:

Arts and entertainment

Literature

Faust (1856), a novella by Ivan Turgenev
Faust (1866), a satirical poem by Estanislao del Campo
Faust (1980), a novel by Robert Nye
Faust (magazine) (2003–present), a Japanese literary anthology

Classical Music and Opera

Faust (Spohr) (1816), an opera by Louis Spohr
Faust Overture (c. 1840), a concert overture by Richard Wagner
La damnation de Faust (1846), a work for orchestra and chorus by Hector Berlioz
Faust Symphony (1857), a symphony by Franz Liszt
Faust (1859, revised 1869), an opera by Charles Gounod
Doktor Faust (1925), an opera by Ferruccio Busoni

Popular Music

Faust (band) (1971–present), a German krautrock band
Faust (album) (1971), an album by the band Faust
"Faust" (2001), a song by Gorillaz from G Sides
"Faust Arp" (2007), a song by Radiohead from In Rainbows

Theatre

Randy Newman's Faust (1995), a musical by Randy Newman
Der Faust (2006–present), an annual German theatre prize
Faust (2012), a play by Edgar Brau
Faust (EWTC show) (2016), a play by the East West Theatre Company

Comics

Faust (manga) (1950), a manga by Osamu Tezuka
Felix Faust, a character in DC Comics continuity (introduced 1962)
Faust (comics) (1987–2012), a series of comic books by David Quinn and Tim Vigil
Sebastian Faust, a character in DC Comics continuity (introduced 1993)
Faust VIII, a character in Shaman King (1994–2004, 2021–present manga and anime series)
Frau Faust (2014–2017), a manga by Kore Yamazaki

Film and television

Faust (1926 film), directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Faust (1960 film), directed by Peter Gorski
Faust (1994 film), directed by Jan Švankmajer
Faust: Love of the Damned (film) (2000), directed by Brian Yuzna
Dark Faust, a character in Ultraman Nexus (2004–2005 Japanese TV series)
Faust, a character in Beyblade: Metal Masters (2010–2011 anime series)
Faust (2011 film), directed by Alexander Sokurov
Ilsa Faust, a character in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015 film)
Johnny Faust, a character in American Satan (2017 film) and Paradise City (2021–present TV series)
The Last Faust (2019 film), directed by Philipp Humm

Gaming

Faust, a character in Vendetta (1991 video game)
Faust (Guilty Gear), a character in Guilty Gear (1998–present video game series)
Faust (video game) (1999 graphic adventure game)
Faust, a character in Jazz and Faust (2002 graphic adventure game)

Other media

Faust (paintings) (1976–1979), a series by Nabil Kanso

Other

FAUST (programming language), a purely functional language for signal processing
MV Faust, a cargo carrier in service 2007–present
SS Faust, a coaster in service 1920–1926

Places named after Faust

Faust, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada
Faust, Missouri, a ghost town
Faust, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
Faust, Utah, an unincorporated community