Apparently there are only a few copies in the world.This is a pity, because it belongs on the shelf of every lover of art cinema.
I have now been given the DVD as a present. Within minutes one forgets that Jon Finch (who starred in the title role of Polanski's 'Macbeth') is dubbed into German.
When a work of art satisfies and stimulates one emotionally, visually, sensually and intellectually, it is a masterpiece. Told in three episodes and spanning the composer's lifetime, Seitz's film is still (2018) a masterpiece. Doctor Faustus, a well-respected German scholar, grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledgelogic, medicine, law, and religionand decides that he wants to learn to practice magic. It is however devoid of all politics, with the exception of some black & white war footage. The film, like the novel, is both a reflection on and a metaphor for the rise of Nazism in Germany. In the process of rising to the heights of his artistry, he destroys all those round him.
Therefore he willingly contracts syphilis. He has to sacrifice ever falling in love with a woman. Franz Seitz, who collaborated with Volker Schlondorff on the script of 'Die Blechtrommel' (The Tin Drum), scripted and directed this brilliant adaptation of Thomas Mann's novel.Narrated by Adrian Leverkuhn's lifelong friend (who is also secretly in love with him) it sets off his pact with Satan to become a brilliant composer.
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