Doctor Faustus

Release Date: 1967-10-10

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.

Rating: 5.212 / 10

Cast

Richard Burton

as Doctor Faustus

Elizabeth Taylor

as Helen of Troy

Richard Durden

as Evil Angel/Knight

Andreas Teuber

as Mephistopheles

Ian Marter

as Pride/Emperor

Crew

Richard Burton - Director
Christopher Marlowe - Theatre Play
Mario Nascimbene - Conductor
Richard Burton - Producer
John DeCuir - Production Design

Reviews

talisencrw:

Though by its very nature it's quite stagey, the bizarre psychedelic effects downright intrinsic of the period add to the charm of this intriguing work. Even crap films such as 'Exorcist II: The Heret...