Faust
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