The Beauty of the Devil | La Beauté du diable
The Beauty of the DevilLa Beauté du diable
Overview
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...
Cast
Michel Simon
Gérard Philipe
Nicole Besnard
Simone Valère
Carlo Ninchi
Raymond Cordy
Paolo Stoppa
Tullio Carminati
Gaston Modot
Crew
René Clair
René Clair
Michel Kelber
Roman Vlad
Roger Desormière
