Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist... (imdb)

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments... (imdb)

Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn, telling him to live. On the train he meets an older man, an athlete in the 1936 Olympics, and his mute teen companion, Mignon... (imdb)

In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brough to him... One of the first animation film with puppets. The story is taken from a from a French medieval fable. (imdb)

Cab driver Frank Faust manages to finally scare his girlfriend Jennifer away at the tenth year Highschool reunion. Unfortunately, he never intended to do so. A year later, Frank still has not overcome the problem and tries to commit suicide. At the last Moment, the Devil himself appears and offers him a deal: Frank's soul in exchange for a sinister plot to get Jennifer back... (imdb)

Based on the story by Goethe about a Sorcerer's apprentice who gets into trouble while the master is away.

Hanna and Thomas moves to their new house for spending summer. Thomas's brother comes to visit them after sudden break off from his wife.

Early in the 19th century, Edward and Carlotta, in love 20 years ago, find each other and marry. After a year's bliss at his Tuscan villa, Edward begs to invite Otto, an architect and friend, to join them. She has forebodings of disaster, but relents. Otto arrives, and to balance the dynamics, Carlotta invites her teenage godchild Ottilia to join them. (imdb)

The highly sensitive young law clerk Werther, drawn to the simple peasant life in the village of Wahlheim, falls in love with Charlotte, who is already betrothed to his older friend. Suffering intensely and exquisitely, Werther languishes close to the now married Lotte, leading a dissipated life until he can bear his unrequited love for her no longer.

The philosopher Faust is profoundly depressed by his inaptitude to reach fulfillment through knowledge and thinks of committing suicide. He damns happiness, science and faith and calls on Satan to guide him. Méphistophélès agrees to fulfill the wishes of the philosopher, in exchange for his services in the infernal regions. Faust signs then the document and is transformed into a noble young person.

An iconic filmic adaptation of Goethe's Faust based on a successful Hamburg production, which features Gustaf Gründgens in his most famous role as Mephisto. It was upon Gründgens theatrical career that Klaus Mann's 1936 novel Mephisto was based.

Goethe's poem in a sand animation

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. During a plague, Faust despairs and burns his books after failing to stop death; Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, first with insight into treating the plague and then with a day's return to youth. Mephisto is clever, timing the end of this 24 hours as Faust embraces the beautiful Duchess of Parma. Faust trades his soul for youth.

Fascinating modern ballet with wonderfully imaginative Petit choreography and a memorable Yared score. (musicweb-international.com)

The events that transpire in the drama are too well known to require reiteration here. All showmen and most auditors are familiar with the story. This makes the burlesque possible, for without a common knowledge of the original drama a portion of the comedy would be lost. The various parts are played by puppets in the hands of clever and careful operators. (imdb)

Written and directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, this stars Edith Clever as Sybille von Bismarck, the daughter-in-law of Otto von Bismarck. She recites a monologue in which she reads from The Trojan Women by Euripides, The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist and Faust: Part II by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

In a city of the north coast of Spain, a young teacher teaches Greek lessons at an elite private school. He is a romantic and melancholy man, who lives alone in the old house of his sailor ancestors on the other side of the bay.

A young man races to save his son's life, but death - incarnated in the child's imagination as the titular Erl King - calls unceasingly.

The story takes place in Germany at the beginning of the last century. Charlotte and wealthy baron Edouard, who had loved each other since their youth, could only marry after both became widowed. Edouard invites his childhood friend Captain Otto to manage the reconstruction work of the castle. (imdb)