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Mephisto

1981 · 2h 25m

Directed by István Szabó

7.3

TMDB audience score
160 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Hendrik Höfgen

  • Krystyna Janda
    Barbara Bruckner

  • Ildikó Bánsági
    Nicoletta von Niebuhr

  • Rolf Hoppe
    Tábornagy

  • Karin Boyd
    Juliette Martens

  • György Cserhalmi
    Hans Miklas

  • Péter Andorai
    Otto Ulrichs

  • Christine Harbort
    Lotte Lindenthal

  • Tamás Major
    Oskar Kroge, színigazgató

  • Ildikó Kishonti
    Dora Martin, primadonna

  • Mária Bisztrai
    Motzné, tragika

  • Sándor Lukács
    Rolf Bonetti, bonviván

  • Ágnes Bánfalvy
    Angelika Siebert, naiva

  • Judit Hernádi
    Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende

  • Vilmos Kun
    Ügyelõ

  • Hédi Temessy
    Egy nagybankos neje

  • Teri Tordai
    Laura, szobrásznõ

  • István Szabó
    Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)