"Faust"
Faust
Où se niche l'âme dans le corps humain ? Obsédé par cette question, le docteur Faust éviscère quotidiennement des cadavres avec son disciple, Wagner. Mais ses recherches ne donnent rien et le savant mène une vie misérable. Après avoir demandé sans succès de l'aide à son père, Faust se tourne vers Mauricius, un vieil usurier au physiqu..
Faust
In 1957 Gustaf Gründgens staged a new production of Goethe's Faust in which he once again played Mephisto, a part he had played since 1932. The brilliant production was a huge success and ran for a couple of years. In 1959 Peter Gorski captured the performance on film in his directorial film debut. Basically it is a registration of the production,..
Faust
David McVicar's spectacular production of Charles Gounod’s Faust, featuring a divine cast of opera’s superstars: Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Sophie Koch – recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 19 June 2004.
Faust
Faust, an aged philosopher and magician who has grown weary of life and has sought in vain for the secret of eternal youth, decides, after a night's long vigil, to call forth from the realms of darkness the evil one to aid him. Mephistopheles appears and offers him his services in return for Faust's soul. The aged philosopher refuses to accept unti..
Faust
Dr Faust is continually obsessed with his quest for knowledge and absolute pleasure. One day, the demon Mephistopheles appears to him in his study in human guise and offers him a deal: a lifetime of total pleasure in exchange for the life of his fiancée Margaret. Faust accepts but is soon forced to realise the impossibility of crossing the boundar..
Faust
Reflecting the plot of Charles Gounod's opera, Faust, an old man, sits unhappy in his study. Méphistophélès materializes and offers a devil's bargain - youth and vigor in exchange for Faust's soul. Faust accepts and instantly transforms into a young man. The two go out on the town, and Faust lays eyes on Marguerite, a virgin whose brother Valent..
FAUST
FAUST questions a world wherein violence, abuse and exploitation can so readily occur. The film takes the rules and aesthetic devices of Mondo cinema and applies them to the documentary. Interviews with child rape survivors play over recorded and found footage of violence, confusion and decay across 3 countries.
Faust
"Drawing from Goethe's classic text, Punchdrunk transformed the legend of Faust into a sensory, choreographed drama...this DVD has been produced to reference some of the magic of the live performance, the fragments of which exist only in the memories of those who saw, and helped make into, 'the hottest ticket in town.'"
Faust
Film poem in negative by Pier Farri. The second part of his trilogy 'Night scenes of artists and poets'.
Faust
Alice Guy directed a now lost phonoscene (film that relied on a chronophone sound recording that the actors in the film lip-synced with) version of Faust in 22 scenes(or short films) totaling 1245 meter of film. What remains are mostly postcards containing images of some of the scenes. The earliest proof of this film dates from 1905, as it was show..
Faust
Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza stars as Faust, and Erich Binder conducts the Vienna State Opera and Chorus in this 1985 production of Charles Gounod's five-act opera based on Goethe's poem. In an epic tale of good versus evil, Faust sells his soul to the devil (played by Italian bass Ruggero Raimondi) and tries to save Marguerite (Slovakian soprano..
Faust
The young magician Faust seeks to perform a feat of real magic, something more than mere illusion. In his search he has become solitary, brooding, and eccentric. Mephistopheles, in the guise of Bolus a psychologist.
Faust
Live 1987 performance featuring Kraus in one of his signature roles, ably supported by a strong cast. Alfredo Kraus, Nicola Ghiuselev, Ana Maria Gonzáles, Orchesta “Arturo Toscanini” , Chorus of Teatro Regio di Parma/Alain Guingal
Faust
A Soundie with Day, Dawn, and Dusk.
Faust
An animated interpretation of the legend of Faust, based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's version, where an alchemist trying to find a meaning of life signs a deal with the devil. Animation refers to German Expressionism movement, and uses handmade mixed media stop motion.
