Faust (1960 film)

Faust is a 1960 West German theatrical film directed by Peter Gorski. It is based on Goethe's Faust and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. The film starred Peter Gorski's adoptive father Gustav Gründgens as Mephistopheles and Will Quadflieg as Faust, and was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. The film also won a Deutscher Filmpreis (transl.: German Movie Award) for an Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film in 1961.

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• Cast
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Cast

Will Quadflieg as Dr. Heinrich Faust / Dichter

Gustaf Gründgens as Mephistopheles 'Mephisto' / Lustige Person

Ella Büchi as Margarete "Gretchen"

Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Marthe Schwerdtlein (as E. Flickenschildt)

Hermann Schomberg as Theaterdirektor / Der HERR / Erdgeist (as H. Schomberg)

Eduard Marks as Wagner

Max Eckard as Valentin

Uwe Friedrichsen as Schüler

Heinz Reincke as Frosch

Hans Irle as Altmayer

Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Brander (as F. G. Beckhaus)

Karl Heinz Wüpper as Siebel (as K. H. Wüpper)

Heidi Leupolt as Lieschen

Gustl Busch as Hexe

Konrad Krauß as Engel Raphael