Doctor Faustus (1967 film)

Doctor Faustus
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Burton Nevill Coghill
Screenplay by	Nevill Coghill
Based on	The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Produced by	Richard Burton Richard McWhorter
Starring	Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor Andreas Teuber
Cinematography	Gábor Pogány
Edited by	John Shirley
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Color process	Technicolor
Production companies	Nassau Films Oxford University Screen Productions Venfilms
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	19 October 1967 (1967-10-19) (United Kingdom) 6 February 1968 (1968-02-06) (United States)
Running time	93 minutes[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	English Latin

Doctor Faustus is a 1967 British horror film adaptation of the 1588 Christopher Marlowe play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus directed by Richard Burton and Nevill Coghill. The first theatrical film version of a Marlowe play, it was the only film directed by Burton or Coghill, Burton's Oxford University mentor.^[2] It starred Burton as the title character Faustus, with Elizabeth Taylor appearing in a silent role as Helen of Troy. The film is a permanent record of a stage production that Burton starred in and staged with Coghill at the Oxford University Dramatic Society in 1966. Burton would not appear on stage again until he took over the role of Martin Dysart in Equus on Broadway ten years later.