Doctor Faustus / Tyburn Entertainment presents ; Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; adapted for the screen by Nevill Coghill ; produced by Richard Burton and Richard McWhorter ; directed by Richard Burton and Nevill Coghill.

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A 16th century scholar sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, power, and the woman he loves.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Doctor Faustus (Motion picture : 1967)
Swank Motion Pictures.
Main Author: Nascimbene, Mario (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Oxford University Dramatic Society
Tyburn Entertainment (Firm) (Presenter)
Columbia Pictures Corporation (Presenter)
Other Authors: Burton, Richard, 1925-1984 (Film director, Film producer, Actor)
Coghill, Nevill, 1899-1980 (Film director, Screenwriter)
McWhorter, Richard (Film producer)
Pogány, Gábor, 1915-1999 (Cinematographer)
Shirley, John, 1922- (editor of moving picture image.)
Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011 (Actor)
Teuber, Andreas (Actor)
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
Language:English
Published: [England] : Tyburn Entertainment : Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1967.
Series:Swank Motion Pictures.
Subjects:
Faust > (Legendary character) > Drama.
Helen, > of Troy, Queen of Sparta > Drama.
Mephistopheles > (Legendary character) > Drama.
Magicians > Drama.
Devil > Drama.
Hell > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Germany > Drama.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593 > Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (93 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
Dr Faustus
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
A 16th century scholar sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, power, and the woman he loves.
Note:Adapted from Christopher Marlowe's The tragical history of Doctor Faustus.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.
Copyright 1967 by Oxford Productions Ltd and Venfilms S.p.A.
Call Number:PN1997 .D633 1967 Online
Credits:Director of photography, Gabor Pogany ; editor, John Shirley ; music, Mario Nascimbene.
Cast:
Richard Burton (Doctor Faustus), Elizabeth Taylor (Helen of Troy), Andreas Teuber (Mephistophilis), Ram Chopra (Valdes), Richard Carwardine (Cornelius), Patrick Barwise (Wagner), Michael Menaugh (Good angel & Bishop) Richard Durden-Smith (Evil angel & Knight), David McIntosh (Lucifer), Jeremy Eccles (Belzebub), Gwydion Thomas (Lechery) Ian Marter (Pride & Emperor), Nicholas Loukes (Envy & Cardinal of Lorraine), Adrian Benjamin (Pope), Elizabeth O'Donovan (Empress)
Event Details:
Filmed at Oxford University in 1966 with actors from the Oxford Univerrsity Dramatic Society.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Swank, viewed September 18, 2020)