Faust (1960 film)

This article is about the 1960 film by Peter Gorski. For other uses, see Faust (disambiguation).

Faust
Directed by	Peter Gorski Gustaf Gründgens (uncredited)
Written by	Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Produced by	Ilse Kubaschewski Walter Traut
Starring	Will Quadflieg
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Release date	25 May 1960 (1960-05-25)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Faust is a 1960 West German theatrical film directed by Peter Gorski. It is based on Goethe's Faust (1808) and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. It stars Peter Gorski's adoptive father Gustaf Gründgens as Mephistopheles and Will Quadflieg as Faust, and was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination.^[1][2] The film also won a Deutscher Filmpreis (transl.: German Movie Award) for an Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film in 1961.

Cast

• Will Quadflieg as Dr. Heinrich Faust / Dichter
• Gustaf Gründgens as Mephistopheles 'Mephisto' / Lustige Person
• Ella Büchi as Margarete "Gretchen"
• Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Marthe Schwerdtlein (as E. Flickenschildt)
• Hermann Schomberg as Theaterdirektor / Der HERR / Erdgeist (as H. Schomberg)
• Eduard Marks as Wagner
• Max Eckard as Valentin
• Uwe Friedrichsen as Schüler
• Heinz Reincke as Frosch
• Hans Irle as Altmayer
• Friedrich G. Beckhaus [de] as Brander (as F. G. Beckhaus)
• Karl Heinz Wüpper as Siebel (as K. H. Wüpper)
• Heidi Leupolt as Lieschen
• Gustl Busch as Hexe
• Konrad Krauß as Engel Raphael

See also

• List of submissions to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Faust" (in German). Filmportal.de. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
2. H. G. Pflaum. "On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". German Films. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2008.

External links

• Faust at IMDb