The Beauty of the Devil
Henri Faust, progressing later 50 decades as a professor at a circa-1700 French college, despairs in the ravages of old era … whereupon Mephistopheles, representative of Lucifer, seems as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges resides to force Faust to sign a pact to trade his soul for renewed youth, wealth and strength. But though the “brand new” Faust is drawn by the substance improvements in his entire life, he remains cautious of signing, while Mephistopheles, currently posing as the old professor whose body he occupies, must discover a way to trick him into registering the pact – and – divert him from the adore of that a gypsy woman who adores his spirit – or locate himself obscured by his Master…
Genre: Drama
Director: René Clair
Actors: Carlo Ninchi, Gérard Philipe, Michel Simon, Nicole Besnard, Paolo Stoppa, Raymond Cordy, Simone Valère
