Faust

Faust

7.4IMDb Score
Released:1994-09-10
Duration:97 min
Director:Jan Švankmajer
Actors:Petr Čepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimír Kudla, Antonín Zacpal, Jiří Suchý
Production:BBC, ATHANOR, Heart of Europe Prague K. Production, Lumen Films, CNC, Koninck Studios, Pandora Filmproduktion

Overview:

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.

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