Faust

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 30, 1960

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Cast

Will Quadflieg,Gustaf Gründgens,Elisabeth Flickenschildt,Hermann Schomberg,Eduard Marks,Uwe Friedrichsen,Ella Büchi,Heinz Reincke,Friedrich G. Beckhaus,Max Eckardand 7 more

Director

Peter Gorski,Gustaf Gründgens

Writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cinematography

Günther Anders

Music

Mark Lothar

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0163624