Mephisto

Feb 11, 1981

2h 25m

★ 7.2

Overview

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Mafilm

Objektív Film

ARD

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Cast

Hendrik Höfgen

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Barbara Bruckner

Krystyna Janda

Nicoletta von Niebuhr

Ildikó Bánsági

Tábornagy

Rolf Hoppe

Juliette Martens

Karin Boyd

Hans Miklas

György Cserhalmi

Otto Ulrichs

Péter Andorai

Lotte Lindenthal

Christine Harbort

Oskar Kroge, színigazgató

Tamás Major

Dora Martin, primadonna

Ildikó Kishonti

Motzné, tragika

Mária Bisztrai

Rolf Bonetti, bonviván

Sándor Lukács

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