Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

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Doctor Faustus

"The story of a scientist who sells his soul to the devil"

1967

1h 33m

5.2(26 votes)

Mystery

Drama

Horror

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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12 members

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Richard Burton

Doctor Faustus

Richard Burton

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Elizabeth Taylor

Helen of Troy

Elizabeth Taylor

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Richard Durden

Evil Angel/Knight

Richard Durden

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Andreas Teuber

Mephistopheles

Andreas Teuber

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Ian Marter

Pride/Emperor

Ian Marter

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Maria Aitken

Sloth

Maria Aitken

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Michael Menaugh

Good Angel/Bishop

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Ram Chopra

Valdes

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Richard Carwardine

Cornelius

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Patrick Barwise

Wagner

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David McIntosh

Lucifer

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Jeremy Eccles

Belzebub

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