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The Beauty of the Devil(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-03-16
72%
61 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Rene Clair - whose genius has created masterpieces...now brings his magic touch to the screen in a new achievement!
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...
Languages: French.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Franco London Films
Universalia Film
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Movie: The Beauty of the Devil
Top 9 Billed Cast
Michel Simon
Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Gérard Philipe
Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
Nicole Besnard
Marguerite the Gypsy Girl
Simone Valère
The Princess
Carlo Ninchi
The Prince
Raymond Cordy
Antoine the Servant
Paolo Stoppa
Official
Tullio Carminati
The Diplomat
Gaston Modot
Gypsy
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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...
Release Date
1950-03-16
Average
7.23
Rating:
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Rene Clair - whose genius has created masterpieces...now brings his magic touch to the screen in a new achievement!
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