Doctor Faustus
1967 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Faustus (Richard Burton) is a scholar at the University of Wittenberg when he earns his doctorate degree. His insatiable appetite for knowledge and power leads him to employ necromancy to conjure Mephistopheles out of hell. He bargains away his soul to Lucifer in exchange for living 24 years during which Mephistopheles will be his slave. Faustus signs the pact in his own blood and Mephistopheles reveals the works of the devil to Faustus. Elizabeth Taylor appears as the spirit of Helen of Troy.
Direction Richard Burton · Nevill Coghill
Cast Richard Burton · Elizabeth Taylor · Andreas Teuber · Ian Marter · Elizabeth O'Donovan · David McIntosh · Jeremy Eccles · Ram Chopra · Richard Carwardine
Soundtrack Mario Nascimbene
Screenplay Nevill Coghill · Christopher Marlowe
Cinematography Gábor Pogány
Original title Doctor Faustus
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97 votes (FilmAffinity)
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