Faust

Faust — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 30, 1960
• Runtime
• 128 min
• Genres
• Drama, Fantasy
• Director
• Peter Gorski

Faust — Cast

Will Quadflieg Faust Gustaf Gründgens Mephisto Elisabeth Flickenschildt Gretchens Nachbarin Marthe Schwerdtlein

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Hermann Schomberg Theaterdirektor

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Eduard Marks Wagner Uwe Friedrichsen Schüler

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Ella Büchi Gretchen Heinz Reincke Frosch