Movie Description
La Beauté du diable
(1950)Overview
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...
Featured Crew
- Director : René Clair
- Producer : Salvo D'Angelo
- Writer : Armand Salacrou
- Editor : James Cuenet
- Cast : Michel Simon,Gérard Philipe,Nicole Besnard,Simone Valère,Carlo Ninchi,Raymond Cordy,Paolo Stoppa,Tullio Carminati,Gaston Modot
Cast
Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
Marguerite the Gypsy Girl
The Princess
The Prince
Antoine the Servant
Official
The Diplomat
Gypsy
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Facts
Original TitleLa Beauté du diable
Status Released
Release Information
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1950-03-16
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 36m
Production CompaniesFranco London Films,Universalia Film,ENIC
Genres
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Comedy
