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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Richard Burton | ... | Doctor Faustus | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Helen | |
| Andreas Teuber | ... | Mephistophilis | |
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Ram Chopra | ... | Valdes |
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Richard Carwardine | ... | Cornelius |
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Patrick Barwise | ... | Wagner |
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Michael Menaugh | ... | Good Angel / Bishop (as Michael Meneaugh) |
| Richard Durden | ... | Evil Angel / Knight (as Richard Durden-Smith) | |
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David McIntosh | ... | Lucifer |
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Jeremy Eccles | ... | Belzebub |
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Gwydion Thomas | ... | Lechery |
| Ian Marter | ... | Pride / Emperor | |
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Nicholas Loukes | ... | Envy / Cardinal of Lorraine |
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Adrian Benjamin | ... | Pope |
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Elizabeth O'Donovan | ... | Empress |
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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. Written by alfiehitchie
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
6 February 1968 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Doctor Fausto See more »Company Credits
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The film's opening prologue states: "A tragic legend written down in the sixteenth century wherein a learned scientist honoured with the laurels of his university, sold his soul to the devil for still greater knowledge and power in the unknown". See more »Goofs
When Faustus anoints his head with blood there is one mark on his forehead, but when he is conjuring Mephistophilis, there are two blood marks. See more »Quotes
Doctor Faustus: [speaking about Helen of Troy] Was this the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Illium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!See more »
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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.