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Mephisto

Cast

Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe View All


Crew

Péter Dobai (Screenplay), István Szabó (Screenplay), István Szabó (Director) View All

Release: Apr. 29th, 1981
Runtime: 2 hours, 25 minutes
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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Takoma11
There is little in this film that is subtle, as we are explicitly given the reference of the story of Faust and then watch as Hendrik hustles to curry the favor of the Nazi general and the rest of the Third Reich elite.


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