Beauty and the Devil
| La Beauté du diable Beauty and the Devil |
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| Directed by | René Clair |
| Produced by | Salvo D'Angelo |
| Written by | René Clair Armand Salacrou |
| Starring | Michel Simon Gérard Philipe Nicole Besnard Simone Valère Carlo Ninchi |
| Music by | Roman Vlad |
| Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
| Edited by | James Cuenet |
| Distributed by | Les Films Corona (France) ENIC (Italy) Arthur Davis Assoc. (US) |
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Release dates
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March 16, 1950 (France) April 14 (Italy) August 25, 1952 (US) |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | France, Italy |
| Language | French |
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 around 1700, it is about an ageing alchemist who is given the chance to be eternally young by the devil Mephistopheles.
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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.
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