---
title: 'Faust (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gustaf Gründgens'
released: '1960-09-30'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/faust-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163624/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Faust (1960)

1960 · 128 min · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · Germany


## Synopsis

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. The film also won a Deutscher Filmpreis for an Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film in 1961.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gustaf Gründgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustaf-grundgens), [Peter Gorski](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-gorski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Lothar](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-lothar)
- **Producer:** [Ilse Kubaschewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-kubaschewski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-anders)
- **Editor:** [Walter Boos](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-boos)

## Cast

- [Uwe Friedrichsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/uwe-friedrichsen)
- [Hans Irle](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-irle)
- [Heidi Leupolt](https://cinepixo.com/people/heidi-leupolt)
- [Elisabeth Flickenschildt](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-flickenschildt)
- [Ella Büchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ella-buchi)
- [Will Quadflieg](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-quadflieg)
- [Gustl Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustl-busch)
- [Max Eckard](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-eckard)
- [Eduard Marks](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-marks)
- [Gustaf Gründgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustaf-grundgens)
- [Hermann Schomberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-schomberg)
- [Heinz Reincke](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-reincke)
- [Friedrich G. Beckhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-g-beckhaus)
- [Konrad Krauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/konrad-krauss)

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