Beauty and the Devil

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.

Contents

• Cast
• Awards
• References

Cast

Michel Simon as Mephistopheles / Old Professor Henri Faust

Gérard Philipe as Young Henri Faust / Young-looking Mephistopheles

Simone Valère as La Princesse

Carlo Ninchi as Le Prince

Nicole Besnard as Marguerite, the gypsy girl

Gaston Modot as Gypsy

Raymond Cordy as Antoine, the servant

Tullio Carminati as Le Diplomate

Paolo Stoppa as Official

Awards

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.