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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.
1994 · Directed by Jan Švankmajer · 97 min · Fantasy · 8 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Jan Švankmajer
- Cinematography: Svatopluk Malý
- Edited by: Marie Zemanová
- Produced by: Jaromír Kallista
Cast
- Petr Čepek as Faust
- Jan Kraus
- Vladimír Kudla
- Antonín Zacpal
- Jiří Suchý
- Viktorie Knotková
- Jana Mézlová
- Miluse Straková
- Josef Fiala
- Martin Radimecký
Production
- Country: Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, Germany
- Language: Czech, Latin
- Studios: BBC, ATHANOR, Heart of Europe Prague K. Production, Lumen Films
- Themes: magic, philosophy, puppet, surrealism, faust, stop motion, puppetry, devil, labyrinth, master
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