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Jan Svankmajer’s Faust is a rendering of the infamous Dr. Faustus fable of temptation and damnation. Borrowing freely from both Marlowe and Goethe and ancient folktales and timeless myths, the story follows a lonely Czech businessman who sells his soul to the devil in return for 24 years of self-indulgence. A visually fantastic combination of live-action, claymation, puppet theatre, stop-motion animation, and other special effects, Svankmajer creates an unsettling universe presided over by diabolic life-size marionettes and haunted by sinister human messengers from hell.
Original Release
09/10/1994
US Release
04/07/1995
Cast
Directors
Writers
Jan Svankmajer, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Christopher Marlowe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Cast
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Producers
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Karl Baumgartner | Executive Producer |
Keith Griffiths | Executive Producer |
Michael Havas | Executive Producer |
Hengameh Panahi | Executive Producer |
Colin Rose | Executive Producer |