Spurned by the woman he loves, alchemist Heinrich Faust (Zeiler) makes a deal with a diabolical pawnbroker (Adasinsky)—but gets more than he bargained for, including a journey through hell (shot in Iceland). With his ever-gliding camera, iconoclastic auteur Sokurov (Russian Ark) offers this hypnotic take on the Faust legend, which The Guardian called “part bad dream, part music-less opera…with hallucinatory flashes of fear.” Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.