Faust

IMDb link: 1437357
IMDb rating: 6.5 (6,028 votes)
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Cast: Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk, Georg Friedrich and others

Release date: 15 Nov 2013
Release year: 2011
Runtime: 140 minutes
Country: Russia
Keywords: body horror, russia, character name as title, faust character, surname as title, washerwoman, male nudity, young, psychological drama, stoning

Plot:

A wise man sells his soul to Mephistopheles, one of Satan's helpers who recognizes that knowledge will bring no happiness to human life. A German Romanticism portrait on how love could overcome reason. Based on the true life of Dr. Johannes Faust, a German alchemist, who is supposed to have been killed when trying to discover the philosopher's stone.

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