Doctor Faustus (1967)
The story of a scientist who sells his soul to the devil
93 min
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
- October 10, 1967
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Richard Burton as Doctor Faustus
- Elizabeth Taylor as Helen
- Richard Durden as Evil Angel
- Andreas Teuber as Mephistophilis
- Michael Menaugh as Good Angel
- Ram Chopra as Valdes
- David McIntosh as Lucifer
- Maria Aitken as Sloth
- Richard Carwardine as Cornelius
- Patrick Barwise as Wagner
- Michael Menaugh as Bishop
- Richard Durden as Knight
- Jeremy Eccles as Belzebub
Crew
- Richard Burton · Director
- Nevill Coghill · Director
- Christopher Marlowe · Writer
- Nevill Coghill · Writer
- Richard Burton · Producer
- Richard McWhorter · Producer
- Mario Nascimbene · Composer
- Gábor Pogány · Cinematographer
- John Shirley · Editor
- John DeCuir · Production designer