Поспорили архангел Михаил и Сатана: добро и зло — что сильнее? В центре пари высших сил — доктор Фауст, ученый старец, само благородство и воплощенное знание. Отчаявшись спасти свой город от чумы, он обращается-таки за помощью к темным силам, вызвав из Тьмы Сатану — и тот дарует ему чудесную силу…
Сюжетной основой является первая часть поэтической драмы Гете, где повествование, в основном, строится на любовной линии Фауст-Маргарита.
Историю Фауста, человека, который продал душу нечистому, представляет выдающийся чешский мультипликатор Ян Шванкмайер. Он превращает всем известный миф о Фаусте в сюрреалистическую смесь анимации и гиперреализма, в которой действуют живые актеры, глиняные куклы и гигантские марионетки. Герой Шванкмайера блуждает по узким улочкам Праги с мистической картой в руках. Лабиринты улиц приводят его на заброшенный чердак, где он находит старинный кукольный театр и «Фауста» Гете посередине комнаты. Он примеряет костюм Фауста и вживается в его образ. Начавшись как невинная забава, его путешествие превратилось в реальность, и герой очутился в лаборатории знаменитого алхимика…
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Фрэнк Фауст, молодой перспективный студент-архитектор, подрабатывающий в свободное время таксистом, вполне доволен своей жизнью. Но внезапно все меняется: он напивается на вечеринке и заигрывает с незнакомой девушкой, поэтому его подружка Дженифер - и без этого недовольная Фрэнком - сбегает с другим парнем. К тому же у Фрэнка закончились деньги, да и такси у него отбирают. Что остается бедняге? Конечно, свести счеты с жизнью. Но, оказывается, это не входит в планы Сатаны...
A film story based on the old Prague legends. It tells about a poor student lured by wealth, which he prefers to knowledge. In the end, he sells his soul to the evil powers. The Devil takes him to hell and since then there is a blackened hole on the ceiling of a Prague house.
When a dedicated college professor is denied tenure, he turns to black magic in a moment of desperation but finds himself trapped in a private hell of his own making.
A troubled mortician embarks on an odyssey for truth about life and death.
Cubby the Bear sneaks into the Roxy Opera House on it's opening night and ends up condicting an epic, animal-enacted version of Faust.
Vincent Salinger, an edgy uninspired poet, fumes at being spurned by his publisher. Suspecting his work and life mean nothing, Vincent seeks new inspiration. An unexpected visit from quasi-demonic friend of poetry introduces Vincent to a clever East-European escort girl who thinks up a literary hoax for success but at the risk of Vincent losing his integrity and identity. Things become more complicated when a rival muse falls in love with Vincent and Vincent's hoax suddenly materializes to haunt him.
‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by Hector Berlioz.
Disillusioned with life, the aged philosopher Faust calls upon Satan to help him. The devil Méphistophélès appears and strikes a bargain with the philosopher: he will give him youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite, if Faust hands over his soul. Faust agrees, and Méphistophélès arranges matters so that Marguerite loses interest in her suitor Siébel and becomes infatuated with Faust. Faust initially seems to love Marguerite in return, but soon abandons her. Her brother Valentin returns from the war and is furious to find his sister pregnant. Will Faust repent his destructive actions, and can his soul, and Marguerite's, be saved?
REAL Zombies, Vampires, Witches and Demons - NOTHING is off limits in La La Land. Thousands of Hollywood hopefuls lineup around the block to be selected to strike a deal with Satan himself in order to achieve the unattainable stardom they so desperately seek. The turnout yields not only dedicated actors and musicians who can't get a break, but a legion of seemingly successful people willing to sign in blood not to attain immortality or world peace - but for material things like money, houses, cars and diamonds or even lesser things like a gun you never have to re-load. Ultimately, Kai Blackwood, an aspiring rock star is chosen and embarks on a nefarious path of real-life occult practices following the instructions laid out in the ancient book 'Le Grande Grimoire' and proceeds to LITERALLY sell his soul to the Devil.
“Faust Part 2” reveals the modern Faust in a romantic interlude, an idyll (from the Greek idein, "to see"); also, a journey of the id. A sense of story is inferred through the complex interweaving of human gesture, expression, and bodily movement within vibrantly shifting colours and rhythmic development, creating multiple levels of metaphorical meaning. A collaborative work with paintings by Emily Ripley and soundtrack by Joel Haertling.
John Faustus, frontier doctor, sells his soul for power, riches, and free health-care! But will he be able to control himself before he changes the space-time continuum?