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Doctor Faustus (1967)

Doctor Faustus (1967)

Drama Horror Mystery

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

Release Date: 1967, October 10
Directors: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Venfilms, Nassau Films, Oxford University Screen Productions
Cast: Richard Durden, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Maria Aitken, Michael Menaugh, David McIntosh, Andreas Teuber, Ian Marter, Ram Chopra, Richard Carwardine, Patrick Barwise, Jeremy Eccles

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.

Keywords:

supernatural based on play or musical devil soul selling