Faust(Lekce Faust)
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Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom · 1994
1h 37m
Director Jan Švankmajer
Starring Petr Čepek, Jan Kraus, Jiří Suchý, Andrew Sachs
Genre Animation, Fantasy, Drama
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A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. Svankmajer's Faust is a nondescript man who, after being lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
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