Faust and Mephistopheles (1903)

Genre : Fantasy, Horror

Runtime : 2M

Director : Alice Guy-Blaché

Synopsis

A re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy.

Actors

Crews

Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Guy-Blaché
Director
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Theatre Play

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