Winner of the Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2011. Russian screenwriter and director Alexander Sokurov's fifteenth feature film tells the story of scholar Heinrich Faust, a man with a great hunger for knowledge. Heinrich is not pleased with his mundane life, but when allured by Mephistopheles he becomes enchanted by a woman named Margarete. A wandering, philosophical and in-depth study of character about a man who makes a life-altering compromise for the sake of knowledge.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Winner of the Golden Lion Venice Film Festival 2011 Russian screenwriter and director Alexander Sokurov&39;s fifteenth feature film tells the story of scholar Heinrich Faust a man with a great hunger for knowledge Heinrich is not pleased with his mundane life but when allured by Mephistopheles he becomes enchanted by a woman named Margarete This wandering philosophical and in-depth study of character about a man who makes a life-altering compromise for the sake of knowledge is significantly reinforced by the marvelous use of light and the engaging acting performances by Austrian actor Johannes Zeiler Russian actor Anton Adasinskiy and the understated acting performance by Russian actress Isolda Dychauk in her second feature film role Actors Johannes Zeiler Anton Adasinsky Isolda Dychauk Georg Friedrich Hanna Schygulla Antje Lewald Florian Brückner Sigurður Skúlason Maxim Mehmet Andreas Schmidt Oliver Bootz Katrin Filzen & Prodromos Antoniadis Director Alexander Sokurov Certificate 15 years and over Year 2011 Languages German Subtitles English Duration 2 hours and 14 minutes (approx)
Aleksandr Sokurov directs this German-language adaptation of the classic tale about a man who sells his soul to the Devil. The story, woven into the fabric of Western culture thanks to the influential theatrical adaptations by playwrights Christopher Marlowe and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, follows a scientist, Faust (Johannes Zeiler), in search of knowledge. However, while in Goethe's version Faust is in search of the secrets of the universe, Sokurov's scientist has far more base motives. Obsessed with the beautiful Margarete (Isolda Dychauk), Faust makes a deal with the Devil's representative on Earth, the Moneylender (Anton Adasinsky), to gain the secrets that will win Margarete's heart, but what price will the Moneylender extract in return?
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