In an epic tale of good versus evil, Faust sells his soul to the Devil and tries to save Marguerite from an eternity in Hell.
Direction
Russell turns opera into horror-fantasy hallucination.
Acting
Raimondi's Mephistopheles: seductive, terrifying, weirdly sexy.
Production
Hellscape sets that would make Bosch jealous.
Director
Ken Russell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russell filmed this live at the Vienna State Opera in 1985, capturing actual performance pressure under his cinematic madness.
This Faust emerged during Russell's 'exile' period after studio battles—opera became his unrestricted playground.
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