Doctor Faustus
“The story of a scientist who sells his soul to the devil”
5.2(26 votes)
October 10, 1967
1h 33m
Overview
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.
Director
Richard BurtonWriters
Christopher Marlowe, Nevill Coghill
