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How Long Is “Il Mefistofele”?

Name: Il Mefistofele
Genre: Music
Released: 1988
Duration: 137 min
Cast: Paata Burchuladze, Ottavio Garaventa, Adriana Morelli

2h 17m runtime

19882h 17mMusic

Music film with a runtime of 137 minutes, released in 1988. Presented in English.

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Runtime2h 17m

Minutes137

One SittingYes

With Break2h 29m

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Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera, it has Faust as an ageing hippy. He smokes marijuana and is tormented by his lost youth. Mephisto makes a bet with God that he can turn anyone to pagan life, even someone as innocent as Faust. From then on it is 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. Ken Russell said because the devil is always with us is his reason for the contemporary setting.

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Runtime2h 17m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break2h 29m

Movie Facts

Release Year1988

Runtime2h 17m

LanguageEnglish

GenresMusic

DirectorKen Russell

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