Movie

Faust (1960)

• September 30, 1960
• 2h 8m

• 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.

Directors

Peter Gorski, Gustaf Gründgens

Starring

Will Quadflieg, Gustaf Gründgens, Elisabeth Flickenschildt