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
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Will Quadflieg
Faust
Known for
Lola Montès
Gustaf Gründgens
Mephisto
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Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Gretchens Nachbarin Marthe Schwerdtlein
Also in
The Inn on the River
The Terrible People
Hermann Schomberg
Theaterdirektor
Also in
Hanna Amon
Die chinesische Mauer
Eduard Marks
Wagner
Also in
Die Heiratsvermittlerin
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
Uwe Friedrichsen
Schüler
Also in
Der König von St. Pauli
Schwarz Rot Gold
Ella Büchi
Gretchen
Also in
Derrick
Alle unsere Spiele
Heinz Reincke
Frosch
Known for
The Bridge at Remagen
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
Brander
Known for
Vampires in Havana
Max Eckard
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Tim Frazer
Wozzeck
Hans Irle
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Supermarket
The Consequence
Heidi Leupolt
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Der Andere
The Violin Case Murders
Gustaf Gründgens Director · Peter Gorski Director Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Author
First release September 30, 1960 · Produced in Germany
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 30, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
January 20, 1961 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 8, 2016 · Digital
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