
Doctor Faustus
Drama
Overview
A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan
Top Cast


Jon Finch
Jon Finch
Adrian Leverkühn
Jon Finch
Adrian Leverkühn


André Heller
André Heller
Satan
André Heller
Satan


Hanns Zischler
Hanns Zischler
Dr. Serenius
Hanns Zischler
Dr. Serenius


Margot Hielscher
Margot Hielscher
Senatorin Rodde
Margot Hielscher
Senatorin Rodde


Siemen Rühaak
Siemen Rühaak
Schwertfeger
Siemen Rühaak
Schwertfeger
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Dr. Erasmi
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Dr. Erasmi


Marie-Hélène Breillat
Marie-Hélène Breillat
Marie Godeau
Marie-Hélène Breillat
Marie Godeau


Gaby Dohm
Gaby Dohm
Elisabeth Leverkühn - Adrians Mutter
Gaby Dohm
Elisabeth Leverkühn - Adrians Mutter


Heinz Weiss
Heinz Weiss
Jonathan Leverkühn
Heinz Weiss
Jonathan Leverkühn


Balduin Baas
Balduin Baas
Balduin Baas
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