Faust

Release Date: 1960-09-30

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.

Rating: 7.3 / 10

Cast

Will Quadflieg

as Faust

Gustaf Gründgens

as Mephisto

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

as Gretchens Nachbarin Marthe Schwerdtlein

Hermann Schomberg

as Theaterdirektor

Eduard Marks

as Wagner