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| Written by | Johann Wolfgang Goethe |
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| Starring | Will Quadflieg |
| Cinematography | Günther Anders |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Faust is a 1960 West German theatrical film directed by Peter Gorski. It is based on Goethe's Faust (1808) and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. It stars Peter Gorski's adoptive father Gustaf 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 receive a nomination.[1][2] The film also won a Deutscher Filmpreis (transl.: German Movie Award) for an Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film in 1961.
- ^ "Faust" (in German). Filmportal.de. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
- ^ H. G. Pflaum. "On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". German Films. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2008.