Released
Faust
September 30 1960 (about 64 years ago)Rating
73
Based on
15 reviews
- Directors: Peter Gorski, Gustaf Gründgens
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy
- Runtime: 2 h 8 m
- Country: Germany
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.
