Lesson Faust
– A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments ..
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. Svankmajer's Faust is a nondescript man who, after being lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
07 Apr 1995
Czech, Latin
Jan Svankmajer
Christian Dietrich Grabbe (novel), Christopher Marlowe (play), Jan Svankmajer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (play)
Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimír Kudla, Antonin Zacpal
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. Svankmajer's Faust is a nondescript man who, after being lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay model animation and giant puppets.
6 wins & 6 nominations.