Doctor Faustus (1967)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1967-10-10
Runtime: 93 minutes
Director: Richard Burton
Top Cast
- Richard Burton as Doctor Faustus
- Elizabeth Taylor as Helen of Troy
- Richard Durden as Evil Angel/Knight
- Andreas Teuber as Mephistopheles
- Ian Marter as Pride/Emperor
- Maria Aitken as Sloth
- Michael Menaugh as Good Angel/Bishop
- Ram Chopra as Valdes
- Richard Carwardine as Cornelius
- Patrick Barwise as Wagner
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