In no less than 180 minutes the film showed frenzied dashes of wild colors and idyllic natural images, of wonderful music and powerful lyricism, which, among others was flawlessly recited by star actors such as Corinna Harfouch, Angela Winkler and Ulrich Matthes. The work treats of the consciousness-defining echoing thunder of modern rock music, of the rock inscriptions of the ancient Egyptians, of the Merseburg magic spells, the author’s childhood impressions, in the latter’s homeland in the forests of the Upper Palatinate, and the ghosts of the Nazi era, who today continue to haunt us in the most vivid manner..
The second part of Fritsch’s filmic poem focuses on Europe. In the beginning, the author's tragic family history exemplifies German history in the last century. Then we see the different light in the countries of Europe, we encounter the oldest signs and hear voices that have given the continent spiritual contour..
Faust Sonnengesang III is a road movie: A traverse of the American continent, full of memories of American images, songs and literature that shape our lives from our youth. Wild West films, series, lecture impressions as well as the encounter with a Navajo shaman in Monument Valley form the background of this opulent and beguiling sound and picture noise..
Faust is guided by an Asian muse to seek spiritual self-awareness not in Christianity of the Western hemisphere but in Buddhism of the Far East. As he moves East he puts his experiences into written haiku verses..
