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Writers:
Nevill Coghill (writer)
Christopher Marlowe (play)
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Release Date:
6 February 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The story of a scientist who sells his soul to the devil
Plot:
A man sells his soul to the devil in order to have the woman he loves. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A movie to cherish... more (23 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Burton ... Doctor Faustus

Elizabeth Taylor ... Helen of Troy
Andreas Teuber ... Mephistopheles
Ian Marter ... Emperor
Elizabeth O'Donovan ... Empress
David McIntosh ... Lucifer
Jeremy Eccles ... Belsebub
Ram Chopra ... Valdes
Richard Carwardine ... Cornelius
Richard Heffer ... Disciple #1
Gwydion Thomas ... Scholar / Lechery
Richard Durden ... Knight (as Richard Durden-Smith)
Patrick Barwise ... Wagner
Adrian Benjamin ... Pope
Jeremy Chandler ... Attendant
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) (1990) | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Company:
Nassau Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
For the secondary roles, director Richard Burton, an Oxford graduate, cast drama students from Oxford University. more
Quotes:
[Mephistopheles has come to Faustus' study]
Doctor Faustus: Where are you damned?
Mephistopheles: In hell.
Doctor Faustus: How comes it, then, that thou art out of hell?
Mephistopheles: Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it. / Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God / And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, / Am not tormented with ten thousand hells / In being deprived of everlasting bliss?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in How I Created Doctor Faustef (2008) (V) more

FAQ

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What was the first thing Faustus asked of Mephistophilis after signing the contract?
Is the Faustus character based on a real person?
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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
A movie to cherish..., 17 October 2001
Author: (patrick.hunter@csun.edu) from Northridge, Ca

Thank God, Richard Burton did this film. A man who was unjustly considered a sell-out, he did this first on stage and then for film with all profits of both productions going to Oxford. Yes, it's cheaply designed and theatrical, with an distracting music score...but when else will you see a film of Marlowe's play with an actor as great playing the part?

I realize the film has its shortcomings, but its virtues are also plainly evident. Those who dismiss it a just a bad film strike me as a bunch of gluttonous clods or anti-intellectual pismires. It's a movie to cherish.

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