Johanes Doktor Faust (1958) - full transcript
Central Film Distribution presents
FAUST
Performed with puppets
made by old families of puppeteers
Producers, assistants and contributors
Scriptwriters
Puppeteers
Voice-over Artist
Artistic Director
Editor
M S c CeopoeoSe
Syeo OceSt a Ceoedcteo
Camera Operator
Film Director
So that you do not forget the legacy
of the 1 9th-century Czech puppeteers,
so that you can enjoy the wooden figures
and the colourful sets,
we shall perform a magnificent play
about Doctor Johann Faust.
First, you will see how the learned Faust
kept choosing between good and evil
until he signed himself over to Mephistopheles
in exchange for fame and power.
You will see Faust perform
great trick s for the King of Portugal,
from where he was chased
for being the devil's accomplice
and how, later, he cursed Portugal
with floods from swollen seas.
Finally, you will watch the unhappy Faust
haunted by evil dreams
and offered repentance, yet succumbing
to the devil's temptations
and falling into eternal perdition.
Watch and listen,
the comedy is about to begin.
What is Faust doing now?
He is still deliberating,
whilst life invokes his fate
and waits for his decision.
Faust is not satisfied with his life.
ls he to live like a poor hermit
amongst book s in a grim study,
or live like a lord,
surrounded by beauty,
like a rich man
with royal powers,
like the master of all secrets,
a connoisseur of magic?
Where does true happiness lie?
The moment Faust signs the contract
with his own blood,
he gets the lightning-fast Mephistopheles
and 40 thousand evil ghosts as servants.
His fame sweeps through the world
as far as the King of Portugal.
There, among outstanding artists,
Faust displays his necromantic skills.
The diversion with David and Goliath
hides a devil's illusion.
The Queen and the courtiers
were petrified with horror.
The King himself is speechless.
The servant of hell
now stalk s the garden
as the royal court
watches on helplessly.
And when evil forces start swarming,
the King bares his sword.
But the angered Faust
shows his might.
Later Faust returns home.
He indulges in pleasures
but finds no happiness,
not in silver, nor gold, nor diamonds
from lndia, nor merrymaking.
Faust is stricken with fear,
haunted by nightmares.
The doctor awakens from his bad dreams
and orders Mephistopheles
to make him a picture.
The devil again tempts him with evil.
Faust, however,
in all sincerity wants to repent.
Mephistopheles has set a wicked trap
and comes now to collect his dues.
The end of pleasure is nigh,
no mercy upon you,
you futile human creature.
Faust is alone,
abandoned, forever lost.
Thus Doctor Faust lost his soul
to the darkness of hell.
And so ends our play. Good night!
FAUST
Performed with puppets
made by old families of puppeteers
Producers, assistants and contributors
Scriptwriters
Puppeteers
Voice-over Artist
Artistic Director
Editor
M S c CeopoeoSe
Syeo OceSt a Ceoedcteo
Camera Operator
Film Director
So that you do not forget the legacy
of the 1 9th-century Czech puppeteers,
so that you can enjoy the wooden figures
and the colourful sets,
we shall perform a magnificent play
about Doctor Johann Faust.
First, you will see how the learned Faust
kept choosing between good and evil
until he signed himself over to Mephistopheles
in exchange for fame and power.
You will see Faust perform
great trick s for the King of Portugal,
from where he was chased
for being the devil's accomplice
and how, later, he cursed Portugal
with floods from swollen seas.
Finally, you will watch the unhappy Faust
haunted by evil dreams
and offered repentance, yet succumbing
to the devil's temptations
and falling into eternal perdition.
Watch and listen,
the comedy is about to begin.
What is Faust doing now?
He is still deliberating,
whilst life invokes his fate
and waits for his decision.
Faust is not satisfied with his life.
ls he to live like a poor hermit
amongst book s in a grim study,
or live like a lord,
surrounded by beauty,
like a rich man
with royal powers,
like the master of all secrets,
a connoisseur of magic?
Where does true happiness lie?
The moment Faust signs the contract
with his own blood,
he gets the lightning-fast Mephistopheles
and 40 thousand evil ghosts as servants.
His fame sweeps through the world
as far as the King of Portugal.
There, among outstanding artists,
Faust displays his necromantic skills.
The diversion with David and Goliath
hides a devil's illusion.
The Queen and the courtiers
were petrified with horror.
The King himself is speechless.
The servant of hell
now stalk s the garden
as the royal court
watches on helplessly.
And when evil forces start swarming,
the King bares his sword.
But the angered Faust
shows his might.
Later Faust returns home.
He indulges in pleasures
but finds no happiness,
not in silver, nor gold, nor diamonds
from lndia, nor merrymaking.
Faust is stricken with fear,
haunted by nightmares.
The doctor awakens from his bad dreams
and orders Mephistopheles
to make him a picture.
The devil again tempts him with evil.
Faust, however,
in all sincerity wants to repent.
Mephistopheles has set a wicked trap
and comes now to collect his dues.
The end of pleasure is nigh,
no mercy upon you,
you futile human creature.
Faust is alone,
abandoned, forever lost.
Thus Doctor Faust lost his soul
to the darkness of hell.
And so ends our play. Good night!