Beauty and the Devil
Original title: La beauté du diable / The Beauty of the Devil
“Rene Clair - whose genius has created masterpieces...now brings his magic touch to the screen in a new achievement!”
1950 · 1 h 35 min
Cast
Michel Simon 
Gérard Philipe Nicole Besnard 
Simone Valère 
Carlo Ninchi 
Raymond Cordy
Credits
Written by: 
René Clair Armand Salacrou
Plot
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor, makes a pact with the devil Mephistopheles and gains youth.
Sinekatalog’s take
René Clair's comedy, with Michel Simon and Gérard Philipe, is a witty, playful version of Faust.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (2,078 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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