Faust

Story

Synopsis

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

Gustaf Gründgens, Peter Gorski

Writers

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

30 September 1960

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Will Quadflieg

  Faust

• 

  Gustaf Gründgens

  Mephisto

• 

  Elisabeth Flickenschildt

  Gretchens Nachbarin Marthe Schwerdtlein

• Hermann Schomberg

  Theaterdirektor

• Eduard Marks

  Wagner

• 

  Uwe Friedrichsen

  Schüler

• Ella Büchi

  Gretchen

• 

  Heinz Reincke

  Frosch

• 

  Friedrich G. Beckhaus

  Brander

• Max Eckard

• Hans Irle

• Heidi Leupolt