Faust (1960)

Directed by

Peter Gorski, Gustaf Gründgens

Genre

drama film, horror film, fantasy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

12

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scholar makes a pact with the devil, trading his soul for knowledge and worldly pleasures. The film follows his journey through temptation and moral corruption.

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What happens

Faust is a 1960 West German theatrical film directed by Peter Gorski. It is based on Goethe's Faust (1808) and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. It stars Peter Gorski's adoptive father Gustaf Gründgens as Mephistopheles and Will Quadflieg as Faust, and was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination. The film also won a Deutscher Filmpreis (transl.: German Movie Award) for an Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film in 1961. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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