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.
Richard Burton
as Doctor Faustus
Elizabeth Taylor
as Helen of Troy
Richard Durden
as Evil Angel/Knight
Michael Menaugh
as Good Angel/Bishop
Andreas Teuber
as Mephistopheles
Ram Chopra
as Valdes
Richard Carwardine
as Cornelius
Patrick Barwise
as Wagner
David McIntosh
as Lucifer
Jeremy Eccles
as Belzebub
Ian Marter
as Pride/Emperor
