Directed by:
Jan ŠvankmajerCinematography:
Svatopluk MalýCast:
Petr Čepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimír Kudla, Antonín Zacpal, Pavel Marek, Viktorie Knotková, Jaroslava Zelenková, František Polata, Petr Meissel, Josef Fiala (more)Plots(1)
Surrealist Jan Švankmajer's second feature film to fuse acting and animation. He transforms the Faustian theme INTO a journey traveled by a contemporary antihero (Petr Čepek) who has been 'attacked' by the classic story and manipulated INTO playing the protagonist. The battle waged between God and Satan for a human soul was technically realized using a wide variety of artistic and special effects. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Petr Čepek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jan Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Happy End (1967)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Vladimír Kudla
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Faust (1994)
Why? (1987)
Antonín Zacpal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Pavel Marek
India
Best movies:
Svatební cesta do Jiljí (1983) (TV movie)
Snowdrops and Aces (1982)
Faust (1994)
Viktorie Knotková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cow (1993)
Faust (1994)
The Last Butterfly (1990)
Jaroslava Zelenková
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Faust (1994)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
František Polata
Best movies:
Faust (1994)
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (2010)
Petr Meissel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Kafka to taky neměl lehký (1992) (TV movie)
Josef Fiala
Best movies:
Faust (1994)
Accumulator 1 (1994)
Concert at the End of Summer (1979)
Václav Švankmajer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Faust (1994)
Jan Peter Heyne
West Germany
Best movies:
Faust (1994)
Lore (2012)
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (2008) (TV movie)
Jiří "Zip" Suchý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Faust (1994)