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The story of a scientist who sells his soul to the devil - Doctor Faustus
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Title: Doctor Faustus

Release Date: 10 Oct 1967

Runtime: 1h 33m

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Horror

Director: Venfilms, Nassau Films, Oxford University Screen Productions

Production Companies: Venfilms, Nassau Films, Oxford University Screen Productions

Overview: Faustus 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.

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Average Vote: 5.295 (22 votes)

Cast

  • Doctor Faustus: Richard Burton
  • Helen of Troy: Elizabeth Taylor
  • Evil Angel/Knight: Richard Durden
  • Good Angel/Bishop: Michael Menaugh
  • Mephistopheles: Andreas Teuber
  • Valdes: Ram Chopra
  • Cornelius: Richard Carwardine
  • Wagner: Patrick Barwise
  • Lucifer: David McIntosh
  • Belzebub: Jeremy Eccles
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