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Faust (1994)
Country of Origin: Czech Republic / France / UK
Year of Production: 1994
Running Times: 97 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Athenor Production / BBC / CNC / Heart of Europe
Prague K Productions / Kominsk / Lumen Films / Pandora Cinema
Executive Producers: Hengameh Panahi, Karl Baumgartner, Keith Griffiths,
Michael Havas
Executive Producer For BBC: Colin Rose
Producer: Jaromr Kallista
SCRIPT
Script: Jan Svankmajer
Closet Drama: Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
Novel: Christian Dietrich Grabbe
Play: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher
Marlowe
Language Adaptation: Jirí Strach
DIRECTION
Director: Jan Svankmajer
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Svatopluk Malý
Camera Operator: Frantisek Spilka
Lighting: Evzen Simera, Jirí Liska, Petr Stejskal
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Marie Zemanová
Assistant Editor: Jan Danhel
MUSIC
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (Fugue); Charles Gounod (Faust)
Music Assistants: Olga Jelínková, Zbynek Mateju
Drum Solo: Alan Vitous
SOUND
Sound: Ivo Spalj
Sound Assistants: Marek Hart, Mstislav Pilný, Pavel Spatný
Sound Effects: Jaroslav Schreder, Karel Süssmilch, Petr Mach
English Version: Videolondon Sound Studios
English Version Dialogue Director: George Roubicek
English Version Dubbing Mixer: George Foulgham
English Version Dialogue Editor: Alan Brett
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Jirina Bisingerová, Eva Capková, Václav
Frank, Tomás Kuchta
Costume Designer: Ruzena Bláhová
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Animator: Bedrich Glaser
Assistant Animators: Martin Kublák, Ondrej Beránek
Puppets: Jaromír Krýze, Jirí Bláha, Karel
Vanásek, Milan Kvak, Zdenek Hlavácek
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Jan
Svankmajer, Eva Svankmajerová
Background Artist: Jirí Cihák
Set Decorators: Petr Bruna, Milos Chlustina, Martin Kalous, Tomás
Kalous
Props: Jirí Bláha, Zdenek Hlavácek, Jaromír
Krýze, Milan Kvak, Karel Vanásek
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: Jan Kopecký, Jan Lím, Jan Sír,
Jana Bocková, Jirí Zavázal, Marie
Turecková, Martin Douba, Michal Kolman, Miloslav Cerny, Petr
Kasík, Petr Skrivánek, Václav Rouha, Vlasta Koudelková,
Zdena Cerná, Zdenek Suchý
Choreography: Daria Voborníková
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Jiri Vorel
CAST
Petr Cepek (Faust)
Jan Kraus
Vladimír Kudla
Antonin Zacpal
Jirí Suchý
Viktorie Knotkov
Jana Mézlová
Miluse Strakov
Josef Fiala
Martin Radimecký
Ervín Tomendál
Frantisek Polata
Josef Chodora
Karel Vidimský
Petr Meissel
Rudolf Ruzek
Milan Vyskocil
Pavel Marek
Dalibor Fencl
Robert Blanda
Michaela Tyllerová
Vendula Pecová
Berenika Strettiová
Zita Morávková
Gillian Wood
Zuzana Drazilová
Karel Hamr
Zbynek Mayer
Karel Vild
Martin Kublák
Monika Chlustinová
Jirí Liska
Joseph Vedral
Václav Svankmajer
Pavel Valenta
Stanislava Babická, Lenka Havránková, Magda Horejsová,
Petra Hrstková, Vera Masopustová (dancers)
Josef Podsedník, Jaroslava Zelenková (puppets)
Andrew Sachs (voices in English language version)
PLOT SUMMARY
A man is given a map passed in the streets of Prague and decides to
follow the instructions on it. In a dank cellar he finds a copy of Goethe's
manuscript and a sorcerers cape which transforms him into Faust. Ignoring
the warnings of an angel, Faust summons the devil...
CAPSULE REVIEW
Svankmajer's second feature film surpasses even the sublime Neco
z Alenky (1988). A brilliant mix of live action, puppetry and
object animation it's certainly the strangest version of the story ever
told, full of Svankmajer's trademark disturbing images and the sense
that the whole thing is going to come crashing down around his ears
at any moment. An amazing experience, one that is just about unique,
even in the heady world of East European surrealism.
AVAILABILITY
Czech Republic
Theatrical Distributors: ACFK
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Kino International
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Zeitgeist Films
DVD Distributors: Kino Video (K122)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: 12
AWARDS
1995
Czech Critics Awards, Czech Republic
Nejlepsí Animovaný Snímek Roku (Jan Svankmajer)
- winner
Czech Lions, Czech Republic
Muzský herecký výkon v hlavní roli
(Petr Cepek) - winner
Nejlepsí výtvarný pocin (Jan Svankmajer, Eva Svankmajerov
) - winner
Nejlepsí zvuk (Ivo Spalj) - winner
Nejlepsí rezie (Jan Svankmajer) - nominated
Nejlepsí strih (Marie Zemanov ) - nominated
Nejlepsí film (Jaromr Kallista) - nominated
Nejlepsí scénár (Jan Svankmajer) - nominated
Fantasporto, Portugal
International Fantasy Film Award Best Special Effects (Jan
Svankmajer) - winner
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (Jan Svankmajer) - nominated
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
Special Prize of the Jury (Jan Svankmajer) winner (tied with
Przypadek Pekosinskiego
(1993))
Crystal Globe (Jan Svankmajer) - nominated
TIMELINE
1994
September
10: Canada - shown at the Toronto Film Festival
23: UK - theatrical release
1995
February
Day Unknown: Portugal shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival
April
7: USA - theatrical release
1998
October
1: Slovakia - theatrical release
November
29: Taiwan shown at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
1999
August
31: USA - DVD release (Kino Video (K122))
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Fausto - Colombia cable television title
Lekce Faust - Czech title
Lesson Faust
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Beauty and the Devil (1949)
Bedazzled (1967)
Bill Bumper's Bargain (1911)
The Black Crook (1915)
Bluebeard (1944)
The Condemnation of Faust (1904)
The Damnation of Faust (1898)
The Devil To Pay (1912)
Devilish Business (1916)
Don Juan et Faust (1922)
Dr Faustus (1968)
El ExtraÏo Caso del Dr Fausto (1969)
Faust (various dates)
Faust and Marguerite (various dates)
Faust aux Enfers (1903)
Faustina (1956)
Fountain of Youth (1921)
Johanes Doktor Faust (1958)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Empire October 1994 p.45 (UK)
review
OTHER SOURCES
ICA catalogue October 1994 p.7 (UK)
credits, review
KEYWORDS
angels, book into film, the devil, live action and animation, play
into film, stop motion animation, surrealism
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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