Faust: A Film for the Ages

Mephistopheles in the new film version of Faust Faust- mein Gott! The story's still kicking! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's classic has been produced yet again, this time in cinematic form, in a film that is as wondrous as it is strange. Winner of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, this German/Russian collaboration owes much to the film heritage of both countries, with a visual style and sensibility that recalls both the German Expressionist The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Eisenste...