Faust

In 1957 Gustaf Gründgens staged a new production of Goethes Faust in which he once again played Mephisto a part he had played since 1932 The brilliant production was a huge success and ran for a couple of years In 1959 Peter Gorski captured the performance on film in his directorial film debut Basically it is a registration of the production but Gorksi did manage to accentuate the details of the acting by using enough medium and closeup shots which give a view on the acting you normally would not able to see in a theater