The Beauty of the Devil
1950 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 1,912 VOTES · DIR. René Clair
Overview
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...
Dialogue Timeline — 875 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:42 THE BEAUTY OF THE DEVIL
00:07:20 You're not eating, Professor?
00:10:08 ...just one word.
00:13:03 It's the best medicine.
00:16:02 I'm hungry. I'm hungry.
00:20:27 How shall I put it?
00:24:13 - Gold? - Yes, sir, gold.
00:27:35 Come in and see for yourselves. Roll up.
00:31:29 - Where have you been? - Travelling.
00:35:49 I like to think...
00:41:20 Don't worry. The gentleman is my guest.
00:45:30 No commitment but everything made easy.
00:52:39 Who are you?
00:55:32 All thanks to progress.
01:01:22 ''In the name of Lucifer...
01:06:07 Man will have the power to destroy...
01:09:37 He'll have died a few months earlier.
01:12:13 So you'll be harsh and work all night for their good.
01:17:06 - But you came. - You waited all the same?
01:19:58 Even the most miserable beggar owns his own soul.
01:23:50 Come, my child. I'll protect you.
01:26:34 - Here's the girl you want to question. - Your highness, protect me!
01:31:00 Talk and you'll die with her.
01:36:12 THE END