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The Beauty of the Devil

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7.2/10 • 61

1950-03-161h 36m

DramaFantasyComedy

Rene Clair - whose genius has created masterpieces...now brings his magic touch to the screen in a new achievement!

Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...

Directors
René Clair
Writters
Armand Salacrou
Editors
James Cuenet

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  1. Michel Simon

    Michel Simon

    Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

  2. Gérard Philipe

    Gérard Philipe

    Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles

  3. Nicole Besnard

    Nicole Besnard

    Marguerite the Gypsy Girl

  4. Simone Valère

    Simone Valère

    The Princess

  5. Carlo Ninchi

    Carlo Ninchi

    The Prince

  6. Raymond Cordy

    Raymond Cordy

    Antoine the Servant

  7. Paolo Stoppa

    Paolo Stoppa

    Official

  8. Tullio Carminati

    Tullio Carminati

    The Diplomat

  9. Gaston Modot

    Gaston Modot

    Gypsy

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
eternal youthlucifer