Released:
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.

Directors:
Peter Gorski, Gustaf Gründgens

Runtime:
2h 8min

Genre:
Drama, Fantasy

• Cast:
• 
  Will Quadflieg
  as
  Faust
• 
  Gustaf Gründgens
  as
  Mephisto
• 
  Elisabeth Flickenschildt
  as
  Gretchens Nachbarin Marthe Schwerdtlein
• 
  Hermann Schomberg
  as
  Theaterdirektor
• 
  Eduard Marks
  as
  Wagner