🎬 Drama, Fantasy, Comedy

The Beauty of the Devil

"Rene Clair - whose genius has created masterpieces...now brings his magic touch to the screen in a new achievement!"

⭐ 7.2/10 1950 1h 36m Dir. René Clair

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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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7.2/10 66 votes

Quick facts

Year
1950
Runtime
1h 36m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.2/10
Votes
66
Genre
Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Director
Language
FR

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Fantasy 🎭 Comedy 🎬 René Clair 👤 Michel Simon 👤 Gérard Philipe 👤 Nicole Besnard
eternal youth lucifer

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Questions about The Beauty of the Devil

The Beauty of the Devil has a runtime of 1h 36m (1 hour and 36 minutes).
The Beauty of the Devil was directed by René Clair and released in 1950.
The Beauty of the Devil is a Drama, Fantasy, Comedy film (1950).
The cast of The Beauty of the Devil includes Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Simone Valère, Carlo Ninchi.
The Beauty of the Devil has a TMDB rating of 7.2/10 based on 66 votes.

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