Faust (2011 film)

Faust is a 2011 Russian film directed by Alexander Sokurov. Set in the 19th century, it is a free interpretation of the Faust legend and its literary adaptations by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Thomas Mann. The dialogue is in German. The film won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

While he keeps on telling himself in the beginning was the word, he gets to know the racketeer Mauricius, Anton Adassinsky playing a wordly version of Mephistopheles, who eventually contradicts him In the beginning was the deed. In spite of being amorphic, Mauricius considers himself an bermensch. Fausts obscure new friend takes him to the twilight zones of their small town.In a bath, his attention is caught by the young Margarete Isolda Dychauk, also known as Gretchen. Later the two new friends are entangled in a pub brawl, Faust accidentally kills Gretchens brother. Faust becomes obsessed with Gretchen, who appears to embody the beauty of blooming life. He indulges himself in thinking that studying her would be reasonable as a part of his research about what makes all the difference between life and death. When the aging Faust has become irreversibly infatuated with Gretchen, Mephistopheles offers him to let him have her. ........

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