Faust II reloaded - Den lieb ich, der Unmögliches begehrt! (2010)

Director
Eike Besuden

Main cast
Dominique Horwitz

Genres
Documentary

Description
A couple of school kids from difficult social backgrounds put on a play at school - an ambitious staging of Goethe's Faust II.


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