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The Beauty of the Devil
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The Beauty of the Devil

1950-03-16 · 96 min · ★ 7.2

Drama · Fantasy · Comedy

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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Directors
René Clair
Production companies
Franco London Films, Universalia Film, ENIC
Countries
France, Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

Michel SimonMichel SimonMephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Gérard PhilipeGérard PhilipeYoung Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
Nicole BesnardNicole BesnardMarguerite the Gypsy Girl
Simone ValèreSimone ValèreThe Princess
Carlo NinchiCarlo NinchiThe Prince
Raymond CordyRaymond CordyAntoine the Servant
Paolo StoppaPaolo StoppaOfficial
Tullio CarminatiTullio CarminatiThe Diplomat
Gaston ModotGaston ModotGypsy

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