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The Beauty of the Devil (1950)

★ 7.2/10 96 min Drama, Fantasy, Comedy France, Italy French
Director: René Clair
Screenplay by: René Clair
Writer: Armand Salacrou
Streaming: Not available
Rene Clair - whose genius has created masterpieces...now brings his magic touch to the screen in a new achievement!

Description

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...

Top Cast

Michel Simon
Michel Simon Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Gérard Philipe
Gérard Philipe Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
Nicole Besnard
Nicole Besnard Marguerite the Gypsy Girl
Simone Valère
Simone Valère The Princess
Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi The Prince
Raymond Cordy
Raymond Cordy Antoine the Servant
Paolo Stoppa
Paolo Stoppa Official
Tullio Carminati
Tullio Carminati The Diplomat

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