---
title: 'Faust (2011 film) (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Sokurov'
released: '2011-09-08'
runtime_minutes: 134
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/faust-2011-film-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1437357/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Faust (2011 film) (2011)

2011 · 134 min · Drama, Fantasy · Germany, Russia

Original title: Faust

## Synopsis

Faust is a 2011 Russian film directed by Alexander Sokurov. Set in the 19th century, it is a free interpretation of the Faust legend and its respective literary adaptations by both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1808) as well as Thomas Mann. The dialogue is in German. The film won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. At the 2012 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards the film was awarded the prizes for Best Film, Best Director, Best Script and Best Male Supporting Actor. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Yuriy Arabov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriy-arabov), [Alexander Sokurov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-sokurov)
- **Director:** [Alexander Sokurov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-sokurov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andrey Sigle](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-sigle)
- **Producer:** [Andrey Sigle](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-sigle)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruno Delbonnel](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-delbonnel)
- **Editor:** [Jörg Hauschild](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorg-hauschild)

## Cast

- [Oliver Bootz](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-bootz)
- [Prodromos Antoniadis](https://cinepixo.com/people/prodromos-antoniadis)
- [Georg Friedrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-friedrich)
- [Anton Adasinsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-adasinsky) as Mephistopheles
- [Katrin Filzen](https://cinepixo.com/people/katrin-filzen)
- [Eva-Maria Kurz](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-maria-kurz)
- [Antoine Monot Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-monot-jr)
- [Leonid Mozgovoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-mozgovoy)
- [Yuriy Arabov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriy-arabov)
- [Antje Lewald](https://cinepixo.com/people/antje-lewald)
- [Antonín Hardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-hardt)
- [Florian Brückner](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-bruckner)
- [Jana Podlipná](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-podlipna)
- [Ondřej Novák](https://cinepixo.com/people/ondrej-novak)
- [Lars Rudolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-rudolph)

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