FAUST
SYNOPSIS
Svankmajer's "Faust" is a man who, after being lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, finds himself immersed in an bizarre version of the the play, blending actors, clay model animation and giant puppets.
| DIRECTOR | Jan Svankmajer, Ernst Gossner |
| YEAR | 1993 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Czech Critics Awards 1995 Best Animated Film Czech Lions 1995 Best Actor Best Sound Best Design Achievement Fantasporto 1995 Best Special Effects Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival 1994 Special Prize of the Jury |
| CAST | Petr Cepek Jan Kraus Vladimir Kudla Antonin Zacpal Jiri Suchy Victorie Knotkova Jana Mezlova |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Athenor Production MMC Kominsk Lumen Films Pandora Film |
| SUPPORTED BY | CNC |
| WORLD SALES | Celluloid Dreams (Paris) |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film / Kinowelt |
| LENGTH | 97 min. |
| FORMAT | colour 35mm 1:1.85 Dolby SR |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | Czech Republic |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Czech |
| PRODUCERS | Jaromir Kallistan (producer) Karl Baumgartner Keith Griffiths Michael Havas Hengameh Panahi Colin Rose (executive producer) |
| WRITERS | Christian Grabbe Jan Svankmajer(based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe & Christopher Marlowe "Faustus") |
| CASTING | |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Svatopluk Malý |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | |
| EDITING | Marie Zemanová |
| MUSIC | music taken from Johann Sebastian Bach Charles Gounod |
| SOUND | Ivo Spalj |
| ART DIRECTION | Jan Svankmajer Eva Svankmajerová |
| COSTUMES | Ruzena Bláhová |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Jirina Bisingerová Eva Capková |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | yes |
| LINKS | www.celluloid-dreams.com |
