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LA BEAUTÉ DU DIABLE
Friday, March 28
6:10
Saturday, March 29
12:30
Thursday, April 3
4:30
France, Italy, 1950
Directed by René Clair
Adapted from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
With Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe
Approx. 95 min. DCP restoration.
“A tragicomic version of the Faust legend. Mephisto (Michael Simon) gives Faust youth, love, and power, asking nothing in return, then reduces him to poverty and insignificance. Faust (Gérard Philipe) signs away his soul to regain his former status, but renounces it when he is shown a horrific vision of himself as a director corrupted by power in a world made hideous by scientific 'progress.'” – World Film Directors, Vol. I 1890-1945 (ed. John Wakemen)
Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film