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Director Nicolas Charaux thinks the ›Faust‹ narrative from a collective consciousness perspective and examines what the Faustian temptations might be in a crisis-ridden present.
The principle of ›Faust‹, the striving and not settling for less, is confronted with the Mephistophelean principle of denial, which is expressed in the contractual relationship of strict cost-benefit analysis, and the Gretchen principle of love and religion, which also includes altruism and miracles. Faust is attracted to both conflicting sides …