The Last Faust
The Last Faust is a 2019 feature art film written and directed by the German artist Philipp Humm. Set in 2059, it is a contemporary interpretation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1808 Faust and the first film directly based on both parts of the tragedy. It stars English actors Steven Berkoff (Dr. Goodfellow) and, Martin Hancock (Faust). Its music is based on Richard Wagner with tracks from Swiss electronic music duo Yello.
Plot
It is 2059 and Tech CEO Dr. Goodfellow is hiding in the townhouse of his late mother. The house is safe as it is not connected to the AI-neural network, a creation of Goodfellow, which is now on the verge of eliminating the human race. Goodfellow is accompanied by his latest creation, an advanced android Paris, to whom Goodfellow tells the story of his predecessor Faust.
More details
author | Philipp Humm |
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contentLocation | Earth |
director | Philipp Humm |
editor | Dominik Wieschermann |
events | Faust fine art telepresence |
genre | fantasy |
keywords | advanced back in time beautiful woman catholic church connect devil egalitarian society egalitarianism end greek mythology grieve hedge fund helen of troy hide homunculus love story record silicon valley the communist manifesto time capsule time travel tragic event |
musicBy | Florian Siegmund |
recordedAt | London |
theme | art |