Russia,
2011, 134 min
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)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
European Film Awards
- 2012 - Bruno Delbonnel (Best Cinematographer)
- 2012 - Elena Zhukova (Best Production Designer)
Venice Film Festival
- 2011 - Aleksandr Sokurov (Golden Lion for Best Film)