Faust
Directed by Peter Gorski
Plot
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.
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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
Gustl Busch
Konrad Krauss
Eugen Kliem