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Doctor Faustus (1967)
Directed by Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill
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.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Richard Burton | Elizabeth Taylor | Richard Durden | Michael Menaugh | Andreas Teuber | Ram Chopra | Richard Carwardine | Patrick Barwise | David McIntosh | Jeremy Eccles | Ian Marter