Doctor Faustus

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Doctor Faustus

1967

1h 33m

Fantasy

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Frustrated with the limits of his knowledge, 16th-century scholar Dr. Faustus (Richard Burton) calls upon Lucifer (David McIntosh), offering his soul in return for 24 years of hedonism and invincibility. Offered the services of Mephistopheles (Andreas Teuber), a satanic servant, Faustus indulges all of his whims, from insulting the pope while invisible to making love to Helen of Troy (Elizabeth Taylor). As time passes, the prospect of eternal torment begins to eat away at Faustus.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Doctor Faustus becomes the dullest episode yet in the great-lovers-of-history series that started with Cleopatra.

Jul 6, 2022

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TIME Magazine

Lots of grads bring their wives back to the old school and ham it up for home movies -- but this is ridiculous.

Mar 23, 2011

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Variety Staff

Variety

The impersonation of the seven deadly sins is hardly likely to send good men off the rail.

Jul 6, 2010

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Robert Martin

Starburst

If it wasn't so dull it would camp but it doesn't even achieve that.

Rated: 3/10

Feb 8, 2018

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

The mixture of posed speeches, arty apparitions and some willfully unfocused camerawork, suggests some kind of timeslip, as though the film had been deep-frozen twenty years ago.

Apr 11, 2016

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TV Guide

This is extremely unskilled cinema from a talented stage actor.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 23, 2011

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Josie C

Very good. Typical Burton/Taylor Shakespearean stage production.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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Audience Member

Lackluster version of the classic tale, directed by Richard Burton.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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s r

Pretty hard to stomach this sad attempt.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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donny m

Despite overly-cheesy effects, this movie tells the story of the book quite well. I enjoyed Burton's acting. It wasn't the most captivating of movies, but if you enjoy the book and enjoy Elizabethan drama, then you will like this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This is a great movie. You have to watch it as though it was a play on stage. Once viewed from that vantage point, it's pure magic, creepy and beautiful.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Synopsis

Frustrated with the limits of his knowledge, 16th-century scholar Dr. Faustus (Richard Burton) calls upon Lucifer (David McIntosh), offering his soul in return for 24 years of hedonism and invincibility. Offered the services of Mephistopheles (Andreas Teuber), a satanic servant, Faustus indulges all of his whims, from insulting the pope while invisible to making love to Helen of Troy (Elizabeth Taylor). As time passes, the prospect of eternal torment begins to eat away at Faustus.

Director: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill
Producer: Richard Burton, Richard McWhorter
Production Co: Nassau Films
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Runtime: 1h 33m

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