Doctor Faustus

A stagily theatrical, verse-heavy descent into damnation, solemn and talky, with a brooding sense of doom hanging over every scene.

Directed by

Nevill Coghill, Richard Burton

Genres

Mystery, Drama, Horror

Starring

Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Durden

Tagline

The story of a scientist who sells his soul to the devil

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.

How it feels

Dark, bleak, earnest and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Ambition, power, faith, morality

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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