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Doctor Faustus (1967)

★ 5.2/10 93 min Mystery, Drama, Horror United Kingdom English
Theatre Play: Christopher Marlowe
Adaptation: Nevill Coghill
Streaming: Not available
The story of a scientist who sells his soul to the devil

Description

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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Andreas Teuber
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Ian Marter
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Maria Aitken
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Michael Menaugh Good Angel/Bishop
Ram Chopra Valdes

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