Faust

Faust

97 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | Sept. 10, 1994

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.

Faust

97 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | Sept. 10, 1994

Faust
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Pandora Cinema, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, BBC, ATHANOR, Lumen Films, Heart of Europe Prague K Productions, Kominsk
Original title Lekce Faust
Directors Jan Švankmajer
Writers Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Jan Švankmajer, Christopher Marlowe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cast

Petr Čepek

as Faust

Andrew Sachs

as All Voices (voice)