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URFAUST
(Ur-Faust, 1958)


A daring classical reinterpretation in which Mephistopheles was seen as the diabolical, ever-present mirror image of Faust.




Cast
Credits
Faust: Max von Sydow
Wagner: Oscar Ljung
Mephistopheles: Toivo Pawlo
The Student: Axel Düberg
Frosch: Åke Askner
Altmeyer: Gustaf Färingborg
Siebel: Tor Isedal
Brander: Leif Hedberg
Margaretha: Gunnel Lindblom
Martha: Gudrun Brost
Lieschen: Bibi Andersson
Valentin: Folke Sundquist
Evil Spirit: Gerd Hein
The Priest: Arne Hasselblad

Playwright: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stage Design/Costumes: Kerstin Hedeby


Max von Sydow, Toivo Pawlo
URFAUST

Swedish title:
Ur-Faust

Production:
Stora scenen, Malmö City Theatre

Premiere:
17 October 1958

Performances:
25


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