Beauty and the Devil
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Director Rene Clair Music director Roman Vlad Country France, Italy | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Duration Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 16, 1950 (France)
April 14 (Italy)
August 25, 1952 (US) Writer Rene Clair (screenplay), Armand Salacrou (screenplay) Screenplay Rene Clair, Armand Salacrou Cast Gérard Philipe (Mefistofele / Faust), Michel Simon (Mefistofele / Faust), Nicole Besnard (Marguerite), Simone Valère (la princesse), Carlo Ninchi (le prince), Raymond Cordy (Antoine)Similar movies Films Confiscated from a French Brothel , The Exorcist , South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut , Devil Worship: The Rise of Satanism , The Devil's Advocate , Lady Death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Beauté du diable (literally "the beauty of the devil"; originally released in the UK and USA as Beauty and the Devil) is a 1950 Franco-Italian fantasy film drama directed by René Clair. A tragicomedy with allegorical meaning, set in the early 19th century, it is about an ageing alchemist who is given the chance to be eternally young by the devil Mephistopheles.
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The film was nominated or Best Film at the 1951 BAFTA Awards and won two awards at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists with a Silver Ribbon Best Actor award going to Michel Simon and best Best Production Design to Aldo Tommasini and Léon Barsacq.
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