Directed by:
Aleksandr SokurovCinematography:
Bruno DelbonnelComposer:
Andrey SigleCast:
Johannes Zeiler, Hanna Schygulla, Anton Adasinsky, Antoine Monot Jr., Isolda Dychauk, Georg Friedrich, Andreas Schmidt, Yuriy Arabov, Maxim Mehmet (more)Plots(1)
Alexandr Sokurov's daring interpretation of Goethe’s classic tale is a startling, mesmerising and hallucinatory descent into the dark recesses of the human psyche. Dr Faust is a restless scholar, bored and disgusted by the filthy, mundane and money-driven society he inhabits. But after meeting a mysterious moneylender and a beautiful young girl his fate is irrevocably altered, sending him on a spiralling path of lust, greed and the will to power. Through intense, dreamlike camerawork, Sokurov tackles the existential dilemmas of a chaotically surreal world in this award-winning, visionary tour-de-force. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
![Johannes Zeiler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/848/168848162_2bgqa8.jpg)
Johannes Zeiler
Austria
Best movies:
Revenge (2008)
Das Wunder von Kärnten (2011) (TV movie)
Vienna Blood (2019) (series)
![Hanna Schygulla](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/982/164982607_1e01f8.jpg)
Hanna Schygulla
German Empire
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
![Anton Adasinsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247464_41e716.jpg)
Anton Adasinsky
Soviet Union
![Antoine Monot Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274475_95c90b.jpg)
Antoine Monot Jr.
West Germany
Best movies:
Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)
The Experiment (2001)
Gigantics (1999)
![Isolda Dychauk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/382/160382926_5ce8d0.jpg)
Isolda Dychauk
Russia
Best movies:
Mein Freund aus Faro (2008)
Faust (2011)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Georg Friedrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/720/166720750_54d052.jpg)
Georg Friedrich
Austria
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
![Andreas Schmidt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/361/159361750_d38f77.jpg)
Andreas Schmidt
West Germany
Best movies:
Life Is All You Get (1997)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Guys and Balls (2004)
![Yuriy Arabov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/439/158439308_ebea5d.jpg)
Yuriy Arabov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Faust (2011)
![Maxim Mehmet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/506/168506094_va3klu.jpg)
Maxim Mehmet
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Heidi (2015)
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
![Ondřej Novák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359145_6eff52.jpg)
Ondřej Novák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Fair Play (2014)
![Oliver Bootz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/077/159077644_46f422.jpg)
Oliver Bootz
Best movies:
Faust (2011)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Sigurður Skúlason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/396/162396168_9c2a6e.jpg)
Sigurður Skúlason
Best movies:
Virgin Mountain (2015)
The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Children (2006)
![Lars Rudolph](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/358/160358749_9b3ec3.jpg)
Lars Rudolph
West Germany
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
No Place to Go (2000)
Run Lola Run (1998)
![Karel Dobrý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188635_b79b62.jpg)
Karel Dobrý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Czech Soda (1998)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
![Jana Podlipná](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/294/159294768_45b39d.jpg)
Jana Podlipná
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Faust (2011)
I Served the King of England (2006)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
![Antje Lewald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/415/159415371_2a9093.jpg)
Antje Lewald
West Germany
Best movies:
Die Anruferin (2007)
Faust (2011)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Katrin Filzen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/233/163233866_009d79.jpg)
Katrin Filzen
Portugal
Best movies:
Das Programm (2016) (TV movie)
Faust (2011)
Toni, männlich, Hebamme (2019) (series)
![Florian Brückner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/177/169177898_6yghe3.jpg)
Florian Brückner
West Germany
Best movies:
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
The Dark Valley (2014)
Da geht noch was! (2013)
Prodromos Antoniadis
Best movies:
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
Faust (2011)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Roman Vejdovec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/111/161111094_0f175d.jpg)
Roman Vejdovec
Best movies:
Habermann's Mill (2010)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Protector (2009)