---
title: 'Beauty and the Devil (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'René Clair'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beauty-and-the-devil-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042235/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beauty and the Devil (1950)

1950 · 96 min · Drama, Fantasy · France, Italy

Original title: La Beauté du diable

## Synopsis

La Beauté du diable is a 1950 Franco-Italian fantasy film drama directed by René Clair. A tragicomedy set in the early 19th century, it is about an ageing alchemist, Henri Faust, who is given the chance to be eternally young by the devil Mephistopheles. It is loosely adapted from the classic early 19th-century verse play Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

## Credits

- **Director:** [René Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clair)
- **Screenplay:** [René Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clair)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roman Vlad](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-vlad)
- **Producer:** [Salvo D'Angelo](https://cinepixo.com/people/salvo-d-angelo)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michel Kelber](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-kelber)

## Cast

- [Tullio Carminati](https://cinepixo.com/people/tullio-carminati)
- [Raymond Cordy](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-cordy)
- [Michel Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-simon)
- [Carlo Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ninchi)
- [Gaston Modot](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaston-modot)
- [Gérard Philipe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-philipe)
- [Nicole Besnard](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-besnard)
- [Simone Valère](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-valere)
- [Paolo Stoppa](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-stoppa)

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