Product Details

• Actors: Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Simone Valère, Carlo Ninchi
• Directors: René Clair
• Format: Black & White, Subtitled, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Water Bearer Films
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303584837
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,158 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, wittiest versions of the Faust story., November 22, 1998

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Cyril Satorsky [e-mail] (Northampton, Mass.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beauty and the Devil [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film brings together three of the greatest and most enjoyable talents of the French Cinema, actors Gerard Philipe, Michel Simon,and director Rene Clair. Although this is the Faust story line its production values are visually rich and the performances are priceless, witty, engaging and thrilling.This film is a must for lovers of the French Cinema, a feast.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful fable, January 30, 2010

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Mr. Pierre Vexliard (France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La beaute du diable (Gerard Philipe) (French only) (DVD)

Unfortunately in French without subtitles, but a wonderful new approach to the myth of Dr Faustus, with incredible acting by both Michel SImon and Gérard Philipe.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A French Faust Without German Philosophy, December 12, 2009

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Max Scharnberg (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La beaute du diable (Gerard Philipe) (French only) (DVD)

Faust sells his soul to the devil to learn to make gold. He also gets youth, fame, and relations with many court ladies, and one genuine love to the gipsy girl Marguerite. Humour, an unexpected plot, but also a great love film. And a famous classic.