Faust 1

Alternative title

Lekce Faust

Synopsis

Jan Svankmajer’s surreal version of the Faust legend. Uses live action, animation and grotesque puppets. Based on the Faust plays by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Christopher Marlowe. With the Czezh Folk Puppeteers and featuring the voices of Andrew Sachs, Jan Kraus and Vladimir Kudla.

Language

English

Country

France

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 97 min.

Year of production

1994

Availability

Sale; 1997 sale: £13.99 (inclusive)

Notes

Reviewed by Philip Strick in ‘Sight and Sound’ Vol 4 No 10 (10/94), pp40-1.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

cinema; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von; Marlowe, Christopher; puppet theatre

Credits

Director

Jan Svankmajer

Producer

Jaromir Kallista

Writer

Jan Svankmajer

Cast

Andrew Sachs
Jan Kraus
Vladimir Kudla

Distributor

Name

Manga Entertainment Ltd, 40 St Peter’s Road, London W6 9BD, tel 020 8748 9000, fax 020 8748 0841

Phone

020 8748 9000

Fax

020 8748 0841

Address

LONDON
W6 9BD

Notes

Formerly Island World Communications Ltd