Sokurov’s Faust wins Golden Lion at Venice int’l film festival

Archive September 10, 2011, 22:20

The film is a free interpretation of the Faust legend

VENICE, September 10 (Itar-Tass) — Russian film director Alexander Sokurov’s Faust won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

Set in the 19th century, the film is a free interpretation of the Faust legend and its literary adaptations by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Thomas Mann.

 

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