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Faust

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Faust
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1hr 35min
Genre:
Sci-Fi
Release:
1994
Director:
Jan Svankmajer
Distributor:
Kino
Starring:
Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimir Kudla  ...more
Synopsis: This European fantasy features excellent and surprisingly imaginative clay animation combined with live-action to tell the story of a man who sells his soul to Satan without the benefit of a lawyer. Initially, Faust does not rise to the bait presented by Mephistopheles' assistants who encode their offers in commuter-maps handed out at a Prague subway exit. Instead he accidently calls Mephistopheles himself. With the Devil's favorite minion, Faust agrees to sell his soul in exchange for 24 pleasure-filled ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Jan Svankmajer's reinterpretation of Faust won't please purists and will confuse and annoy many others. For those tuned in to this uniquely gifted filmmaker's wave, however, Lekce Faust will be a thrillingly disturbing joyride into nihilism. As usual with Svankmajer, the visual is paramount; while he employs a considerable amount of dialogue, the film achieves its greatest power from the director's ... Full Review
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