Rating: NR
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 03/02/2004
SubTitles: English/French/KO
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

Richard Burton co-directed (along with Nevill Coghill) this labor of love that records a performance given by Burton at Oxford University in 1966 of Christopher Marlowe's 400-year-old verse play. Burton plays Faust, a medieval doctor who sells his soul to Mephistopheles (Andreas Teuber) in exchange for mastering all human knowledge. The Devil tempts Faust at every turn by confronting him with the seven deadly sins and Helen of Troy (Elizabeth Taylor), who appears throughout the film in various stages of undress as Doctor Faustus stands firm. The production was filmed in Rome, with the majority of the cast Oxford University amateur actors.

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Richard Burton - Dr. Faustus
Elizabeth Taylor - Helen of Troy
Andreas Teuber - Mephistopheles
Ian Marter - Emperor
Elizabeth O'Donovan - Empress
David McIntosh - Lucifer
Jeremy Eccles - Beelzebub
Ram Chopra - Valdes
Richard Heffer - First Scholar
Ambrose Coghill - Professor/Avarice
Richard Harrison - Fourth Professor
Nevill Coghill - Professor
Michael Menaugh - Good Angel
Bridget Coghill - Gluttony
Jacqueline Harvey - Dancers

Production:
Nevill Coghill Richard Burton - Director
Richard Burton Richard McWhorter - Producer
Mario Nascimbene - Composer
John Shirley - Editor
Nevill Coghill - Screen Writer
Dario Simoni - Set Designer
Boris Juraga - Art Director
Jacqueline Harvey - Choreography
Gabor Pogany - Cinematographer
Peter Hall - Costume Designer
John De Cuir - Production Designer
Augie Lohman - Special Effects
Peter Harman - Special Effects
Christopher Marlowe - Play Author

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