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Doctor Faustus (1968)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Mystery, Drama, Horror
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In Theaters:2/6/1968
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Runtime:93 minutes
Studio:Venfilms, Nassau Films, Oxford University Screen Productions
Cast
Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill
Director
Richard Burton
Doctor Faustus
Elizabeth Taylor
Helen of Troy
Richard Durden
Evil Angel/Knight
Andreas Teuber
Mephistopheles
Ian Marter
Pride/Emperor
Michael Menaugh
Good Angel/Bishop
Ram Chopra
Valdes
Richard Carwardine
Cornelius
Patrick Barwise
Wagner
David McIntosh
Lucifer
Jeremy Eccles
Belzebub
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