Faust (1960)

7.3/10 • 128 min • Drama Fantasy

Overview

In 1957 Gustaf Gründgens staged a new production of Goethe's Faust in which he once again played Mephisto, a part he had played since 1932. The brilliant production was a huge success and ran for a couple of years. In 1959 Peter Gorski captured the performance on film in his directorial film debut. Basically it is a registration of the production, but Gorksi did manage to accentuate the details of the acting by using enough medium and close-up shots which give a view on the acting you normally would not able to see in a theater.

Cast

Will Quadflieg

Gustaf Gründgens

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

Gretchens Nachbarin Marthe Schwerdtlein

Uwe Friedrichsen

Heinz Reincke

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

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