| Description |
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital sound; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.78:1. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Korean; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Richard Burton (Doctor Faustus), 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), Elizabeth Taylor (Helen of Troy). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Gabor Pogany ; editor, John Shirley ; music composed and conducted by Mario Nascimbene ; production design by John de Cuir ; costumes designed by Peter Hall. |
| Note |
Adapted from Christopher Marlowe's The tragical history of Doctor Faustus. |
| Event |
Filmed at Oxford University in 1966. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. |
| Summary |
"A tragic legend written down in the sixteenth century wherein a learned scientist honoured with the laurels of his university, sold his soul to the devil for still greater knowledge and power in the unknown."--Title screen. Deeply unsatisfied with God's decree that the reward of sin is death, Dr. John Faustus, a scholar at Wittenberg, opts to cut a deal with Lucifer. The contract--signed in Faustus's blood--stipulates that the doctor receive the services of Lucifer's lackey, Mephistophilis, for a period of 24 years, during which he has access to all knowledge, beauty, power as well as returned youth. In exchange, Lucifer receives Faustus's renunciation of Christ and, at the end of the 24 years, the doctor's soul, which he may torment in the pit of Hell for all eternity. |
| Audience |
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. |
| Contents |
Start -- Doctor Faustus -- Reward of sin is death -- Necromantic books -- "Go forward, Faustus" -- Valdes & Cornelius -- Conjuring alone -- Mephistopheles -- "Trust in Belzebub" -- Bequeathing his soul -- Conditions -- "Hell hath no limits" -- Fairest maidens in Germany -- "Thou are damned!" -- Lucifer -- Lechery -- Avarice -- Pride, wrath & envy -- Alexander & his paramour -- Knight -- Pope's privy council -- Man condemned to die -- Helen -- "Thou traitor, Faustus" -- His heart's desire -- Grown into some sickness -- Faustus repents -- Gone to hell. |
| Note |
Special features: Trailers (5 min.). |
| Access |
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions. |
| Terms Of Use |
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions. |
| Subject |
Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama.
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Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta -- Drama.
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Mephistopheles (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Magicians -- Drama.
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Devil -- Drama.
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Hell -- Drama.
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Germany -- Drama.
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Faust, -approximately 1540. (OCoLC)fst01818112
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Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta. (OCoLC)fst00954545
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Mephistopheles (Legendary character) (OCoLC)fst01016891
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Devil. (OCoLC)fst00891974
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Hell. (OCoLC)fst00954747
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Magicians. (OCoLC)fst01005551
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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| Genre/Form |
Films for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710386
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Foreign films.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Burton, Richard, 1925-1984. Producer. Director. Actor.
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McWhorter, Richard. Producer.
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Coghill, Nevill, 1899-1980. Director. Screenwriter.
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Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011. Actor.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.
Doctor Faustus.
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Tyburn Entertainment (Firm)
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Columbia Pictures Corporation.
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Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1404930620 |
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9781404930629 |
| Standard No. |
043396008618 |
| Music No. |
00861 Columbia Pictures |
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