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Faust
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 as Faust
- Gustaf Gründgens as Mephisto
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Gretchens Nachbarin Marthe Schwerdtlein
- Hermann Schomberg as Theaterdirektor
- Eduard Marks as Wagner
- Uwe Friedrichsen as Schüler
- Ella Büchi as Gretchen
- Heinz Reincke as Frosch
- Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Brander
- Max Eckard
- Hans Irle
- Heidi Leupolt
Details
- Director
- Peter Gorski and Gustaf Gründgens
- Released
- September 30, 1960
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.4 / 10 from 17 votes
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