Watch The Damnation of Faust (1903) Online

The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with simply offering a fancifully illustrated late episode without the earlier narrative context (however, spoken narration provides some of the latter in this restored print). Tempted by Mephistopheles with all kinds of dancing and ethereal babes, Faust is at first excited and then terrified by the sight of various demons and monsters. The painted-set designers really went hog wild on this one, depicting the (sometimes sexy) torments of subterranean Hell with in bold terms (even when ballerinas prance in the foreground). (Dennis Harvey, Fandor) Read More

Watch The Damnation of Faust online. Featuring Georges Méliès, The Damnation of Faust is classified as Fantasy genre movie with an average rating across the web of 5.6. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in France and was released on 1903. The Damnation of Faust was directed by Georges Méliès. Read Less