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The Beauty of the Devil

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...

1950 |1h 36m |  Drama, Fantasy, Comedy

Cast

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Michel Simon

Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

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Gérard Philipe

Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles

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Nicole Besnard

Marguerite the Gypsy Girl

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Simone Valère

The Princess

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Carlo Ninchi

The Prince

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Raymond Cordy

Antoine the Servant

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Paolo Stoppa

Official

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Tullio Carminati

The Diplomat

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Gaston Modot

Gypsy

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Status

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Language

French

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