Mephisto
1981 · 145 min
Drama
★ 7.3Trailer
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.
Crew
- Director István Szabó
- Screenplay Péter Dobai
- Screenplay István Szabó
- Director of Photography Lajos Koltai
Cast
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Hendrik Höfgen
Krystyna Janda
Barbara Bruckner
Ildikó Bánsági
Nicoletta von Niebuhr
Rolf Hoppe
Tábornagy
Karin Boyd
Juliette Martens
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György Cserhalmi
Hans Miklas
Péter Andorai
Otto Ulrichs
Christine Harbort
Lotte Lindenthal
Tamás Major
Oskar Kroge, színigazgató
Ildikó Kishonti
Dora Martin, primadonna
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Mária Bisztrai
Motzné, tragika
Sándor Lukács
Rolf Bonetti, bonviván
Crew
- Director — István Szabó
- Screenplay — Péter Dobai
- Screenplay — István Szabó
- Director of Photography — Lajos Koltai
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