La beautè du diable 1950

Synopsis:

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...

Directed by: René Clair
Written by: René Clair & Armand Salacrou
Runtime: 96 minutes
Cast:
Michel Simon
Michel Simon
Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust 
Gérard Philipe
Gérard Philipe
Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles 
Nicole Besnard
Nicole Besnard
Marguerite the Gypsy Girl 
Simone Valère
Simone Valère
The Princess 
Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi
The Prince 
Raymond Cordy
Raymond Cordy
Antoine the Servant 
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Also known as:
  • The Beauty of the Devil