Faust (1960 film) explained

Faust
Starring:	Will Quadflieg
Cinematography:	Günther Anders
Runtime:	128 minutes
Country:	West Germany
Language:	German

Faust is a 1960 West German theatrical film directed by Peter Gorski. It is based on Goethe's Faust (1808) and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. It stars Peter Gorski's adoptive father Gustaf Gründgens as Mephistopheles and Will Quadflieg as Faust, and was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination.^{[1] [2]} The film also won a Deutscher Filmpreis (transl.: German Movie Award) for an Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film in 1961.

See also

• List of submissions to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faust. Filmportal.de. de. 2008-09-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20090527003516/http://www.filmportal.de/df/b8/Uebersicht,,,,,,,,A32DAF2EBD19469995A6E10E85BF89A6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html. 2009-05-27. dead.
2. Web site: H. G. Pflaum . On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . German Films . 2008-08-27 . dead . https://archive.today/20070813145148/http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html . 2007-08-13 .