The Fountain of Youth
1958, English. Directed by Orson Welles.
A darkly comic fable about vanity and desire, "The Fountain of Youth" follows a newly married couple whose relationship is destabilized by the arrival of a potion that promises centuries of youth and beauty—but in a quantity sufficient for only one person. As temptation and resentment grow, the gift becomes a catalyst for moral and emotional collapse. Written, directed, and narrated by Orson Welles and based on John Collier’s short story “Youth from Vienna,” the film uses stylized narration and experimental visual techniques to construct a compact essay on human vanity. (Note: Originally produced in 1956 as a television pilot and broadcast once in 1958 as part of NBC’s Colgate Theatre anthology series (S1E5); it later achieved independent archival and cultural status, including a 1958 Peabody Award.)
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- 0h 27m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- Released
- 16 September 1958
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- John Collier, Orson Welles
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The Fountain of Youth isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 September 1958. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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The Fountain of Youth (1958) was directed by Orson Welles and stars Marjorie Bennett, Madge Blake, Billy House.