Overview

Faustus is a scholar at the University of Wittenberg when he earns his doctorate degree. His insatiable appetite for knowledge and power leads him to employ necromancy to conjure Mephistopheles out of hell. He bargains away his soul to Lucifer in exchange for living 24 years during which Mephistopheles will be his slave. Faustus signs the pact in his own blood and Mephistopheles reveals the works of the devil to Faustus.

Genres

Cast

Richard Burton

Doctor Faustus

Elizabeth Taylor

Helen of Troy

Richard Durden

Evil Angel/Knight

Andreas Teuber

Mephistopheles

Ian Marter

Pride/Emperor

Maria Aitken

Sloth