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Il Mefistofele

Name: Il Mefistofele
Genre: Music, TV Movie
Released: 1989-01-01
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Paata Burchuladze, Ottavio Garaventa, Adriana Morelli

Ken Russell's modern interpretation of Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele

1989 · 2h 17m · 6.0 on TMDB

MusicTV Movie

Arrigo Boito's most known work is Il Mefestefele, first performed in 1868. Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera has Faust as an ageing hippy, who smokes marijuana and is tormented by his lost youth. Mephisto bets God that he can turn anyone to pagan life, even someone as innocent as Faust. It becomes a battle of good against evil in a flamboyant, surreal display of primary colours, PVC costumes, nurses with swastikas, rocket trips, love and even characters dressed as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.