Mephisto (1981)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1981-02-11
Runtime: 145 minutes
Director: István Szabó
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- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Hendrik Höfgen
- Krystyna Janda as Barbara Bruckner
- Ildikó Bánsági as Nicoletta von Niebuhr
- Rolf Hoppe as Tábornagy
- Karin Boyd as Juliette Martens
- György Cserhalmi as Hans Miklas
- Péter Andorai as Otto Ulrichs
- Christine Harbort as Lotte Lindenthal
- Tamás Major as Oskar Kroge, színigazgató
- Ildikó Kishonti as Dora Martin, primadonna
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