The story of a scientist who sells his soul to the devil
Director: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill
Producer: Richard Burton, Richard McWhorter
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.
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Director: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill
Producer: Richard Burton, Richard McWhorter
Production Companies: Venfilms, Nassau Films, Oxford University Screen Productions
Countries: United Kingdom