The Beauty of the Devil

March. 16,1950      
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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...

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

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Reviews

Plantiana
1950/03/16

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

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TeenzTen
1950/03/17

An action-packed slog

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ActuallyGlimmer
1950/03/18

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Michelle Ridley
1950/03/19

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

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