Rent Doctor Faustus (1967)
3.0 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 32min
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- Synopsis:
- Faustus (Richard Burton) 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 (Elizabeth Taylor) 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.
- Actors:
- Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Andreas Teuber, Ram Chopra, Richard Carwardine, Patrick Barwise, Michael Menaugh, Richard Durden, David McIntosh, Jeremy Eccles, Gwydion Thomas, Ian Marter, Nicholas Loukes, Adrian Benjamin, Elizabeth O'Donovan, Ambrose Coghill, Maria Aitken, Carolyn Bennitt, Jeremy Chandler, Bridget Coghill
- Directors:
- Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill
- Producers:
- Richard Burton, Richard McWhorter
- Writers:
- Nevill Coghill, Christopher Marlowe, Wolf Mankowitz
- Studio:
- Fabulous
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Holidays Film Collection, Romantic Film Pairings for Valentine's Day
