A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan
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Jon Finch
Adrian Leverkühn
André Heller
Satan
Hanns Zischler
Dr. Serenius
Margot Hielscher
Senatorin Rodde
Siemen Rühaak
Schwertfeger
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Dr. Erasmi
Marie-Hélène Breillat
Marie Godeau
Gaby Dohm
Elisabeth Leverkühn - Adrians Mutter
Heinz Weiss
Jonathan Leverkühn
Balduin Baas
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