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From acclaimed director Alexander Sokurov (RUSSIAN ARK, THE SUN), FAUST is an hallucinatory period piece set in the early 19th century and inspired by Goethe's famous play. Employing elaborate camera movements, a layered soundscape, intricate production design and spectacular locations, FAUST conjures a unique and phantasmagoric vision of the Faustian legend. The title character, played by Johannes Zeiler, is a man in search of the ideals of the Enlightenment but he becomes obsessed with the lovely Magarete (Isolda Dychauk) and sells his soul to the Devil (aka the Moneylender, played by Anton Adasinsky) so that he may possess her. Comic, cosmic, painterly and stunningly beautiful scenes unfold as the Devil takes Faust on a strange, unforgettable journey.
Original Release
10/26/2011
US Release
11/15/2011
Cast
Name | Character |
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Johannes Zeiler | Heinrich Faust |
Anton Adasinsky | Moneylender |
Isolda Dychauk | Margarete |
Georg Friedrich | Wagner |
Hanna Schygulla | Moneylender's 'Wife' / Moneylender's Wife |
Antje Lewald | Margarete's Mother |
Florian Brückner | Valentin |
Maxim Mehmet | Valentin's Friend / Valentins Freund |
Sigurdur Skúlason | Faust's Father |
Andreas Schmidt | Valentin's Friend / Valentins Freund |
Directors
Writers
Aleksandr Sokurov, Yuriy Arabov, Marina Koreneva, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Cast
Name | Character |
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Johannes Zeiler | Heinrich Faust |
Anton Adasinsky | Moneylender |
Isolda Dychauk | Margarete |
Georg Friedrich | Wagner |
Hanna Schygulla | Moneylender's 'Wife' / Moneylender's Wife |
Antje Lewald | Margarete's Mother |
Florian Brückner | Valentin |
Maxim Mehmet | Valentin's Friend / Valentins Freund |
Sigurdur Skúlason | Faust's Father |
Andreas Schmidt | Valentin's Friend / Valentins Freund |
Oliver Bootz | Valentin's Friend / Valentins Freund |
Jonas Jägermeyr | Valentin's Friend |
Igor Orozovič | Valentin's Friend |
Jirí Hampl | Valentin's Friend |
Joel Kirby | Pater Philippe |
Katrin Filzen | Margarete's Maidservant |
Prodromos Antoniadis | Notarius |
Lars Rudolph | Innkeeper / Wirt |
Antoine Monot Jr. | Monk With the Basket / Mönch |
Andrey Lebedev |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alexei Kozlov | Executive Producer |
Andrey Sigle | Producer |