Editing Faust (section)

=== Post-war === 
Films published after 1945. 

; ''[[La Beauté du diable]]'' [''The Beauty of the Devil''] : Directed by [[René Clair]], 1950  – An adaptation in which [[Michel Simon]] plays a [[dual role]] as Mephistopheles and the older Faust, with [[Gérard Philipe]] playing Faust as transformed into a youthful form.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/176360-the-beauty-of-the-devil-2495709614.html|last=Khan|first=Imran|title='The Beauty and the Devil' and the Visual Feast|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=18 November 2013|accessdate=12 March 2021}}</ref>
'''''[[Woe to the Young]]''''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Αλίμονο στους νέους'')

Directed by [[Alekos Sakellarios]], 1961 – The story of a rich old man ([[Dimitris Horn]]), who wants to be young again so as to marry a young girl ([[Maro Kontou]]), and makes a deal with the Devil.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SUNDAY 02/07/2023 |url=https://program.ert.gr/details-en.asp?pid=3882783&chid=11 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=[[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] World}}</ref>
; ''[[Doctor Faustus (1967 film)|Doctor Faustus]]'' : Directed by [[Richard Burton]] and [[Nevill Coghill]], 1967 – A British horror film adaptation of the 1588 [[Christopher Marlowe]] play ''[[Doctor Faustus (play)|The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bevington |first=David |year=2010 |editor=Deats, Sara Munson |title=Doctor Faustus: A critical guide |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-84706-138-6 |pages=41–71 |chapter=The performance history |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uucb6cjjnFUC&pg=PA51}}</ref>

; ''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]'' : Directed by [[Brian DePalma]], 1974 – A vain rock impresario, who has sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for eternal youth, corrupts and destroys a brilliant but unsuccessful songwriter and a beautiful ingenue.

; ''[[Mephisto (1981 film)|Mephisto]]'' : Directed by [[István Szabó]], 1981 – Portrays an actor in 1930s Germany who aligns himself with the [[Nazi]] party for prestige.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Cinema of István Szabó: Visions of Europe|last=Cunningham|first=John|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|location=New York City|year=2014|isbn=978-0-231-17199-1|pages=157|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1UZBQAAQBAJ}}</ref>

; ''[[Lekce Faust]]'' (''Faust'') : Directed by [[Jan Švankmajer]], 1994 – The source material of Švankmajer's film is the Faust legend; including traditional Czech puppet show versions, this film production uses a variety of cinematic formats, such as stop-motion photography animation and claymation.

; ''[[Faust (2011 film)|Faust]]'' : Directed by [[Aleksandr Sokurov]], 2011 – German-language film starring Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk.

; ''[[American Satan]]'' : Directed by [[Ash Avildsen]], 2017 – A rock and roll modern retelling of the Faust legend starring [[Andy Biersack]] as Johnny Faust.<ref>
{{cite web
 |title=American Satan (2017)
 |website=[[Internet Movie Database]] (imdb.com)
 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5451690/plotsummary
 |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505153628/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5451690/plotsummary
 |archive-date=5 May 2018
}}
</ref>

; ''[[The Last Faust]]'' : Directed by [[Philipp Humm]], 2019 – a contemporary feature art film directly based on Goethe's [[Faust, Part One|''Faust'', Part One]] and [[Faust, Part Two|''Faust'', Part Two]].<ref>
{{cite web
 |title=The Last Faust
 |website=[[The Internet Movie Database]] (imdb.com)
 |date=2 December 2019
 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8871254/
 |lang=en |access-date=2019-12-12
}}
</ref> The film is the first filmed version of ''Faust''&nbsp;I and ''Faust''&nbsp;II as well as a part of Humm's [[Gesamtkunstwerk]], an art project with over 150&nbsp;different artworks such as paintings, photos, sculptures, drawings and an illustrated novella.<ref>
{{cite news
 |last=Feay |first=Suzi
 |date=2019-11-29
 |title=The Last Faust: Steven Berkoff stars in Philipp Humm's take on Goethe
 |newspaper=[[Financial Times]]
 |location=London, UK
 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4a9403cc-110e-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a
 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live  |access-date=2019-12-31
 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/4a9403cc-110e-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a
 |archive-date=2022-12-10
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
 |last=Humm |first=Philipp
 |title=The Last Faust – Ein Gesamtkunstwerk
 |website=philipphumm.art
 |url=https://philipphumm.art/the-last-faust/
 |access-date=2019-12-31
}}
</ref>