Beauty and the Devil
“Rene Clair - whose genius has created masterpieces...now brings his magic touch to the screen in a new achievement!”
Synopsis
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...
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Edited by James CuenetShot by Michel KelberScored by Roman Vlad
Also known as
- Der Pakt mit dem Teufelde
- Beauty and the Devilen
- La Belleza del Diabloes
- La bellezza del diavoloit
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15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Michel Simon
as Henri Faust vieux - alias Mephistopheles
Gerard Philipe
as Henri Faust jeune
Nicole Besnard
as Marguerite - la bohémienne
Simone Valere
as La princesse
Carlo Ninchi
as Le prince
Raymond Cordy
as Antoine - le serviteur
Tullio Carminati
as Le diplomate
Paolo Stoppa
as Le procureur
Gaston Modot
as Le bohémien
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