Doctor Faustus (1967)

Directed by

Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

15

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man sells his soul to the devil for knowledge and power. The film follows his downfall over 24 years as he struggles with his choice.

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What happens

Doctor Faustus (also known as Dr. Faustus and Il Dottor Faustus) is a 1967 British horror film adaptation of the 1588 Christopher Marlowe play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus directed by Richard Burton and Nevill Coghill. The first theatrical film version of a Marlowe play, it was the only film directed by Burton or Coghill, Burton's Oxford University mentor. It starred Burton as the title character Faustus, with Elizabeth Taylor appearing in a silent role as Helen of Troy. The film is a permanent record of a stage production that Burton starred in and staged with Coghill at the Oxford University Dramatic Society in 1966. Burton would not appear on stage again until he took over the role of Martin Dysart in Equus on Broadway ten years later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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