Mephisto
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
25 people
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Hendrik Höfgen
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Krystyna Janda
Barbara Bruckner
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Ildikó Bánsági
Nicoletta von Niebuhr
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Rolf Hoppe
Tábornagy
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Karin Boyd
Juliette Martens
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György Cserhalmi
Hans Miklas
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Péter Andorai
Otto Ulrichs
Known for
My Twentieth Century
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Christine Harbort
Lotte Lindenthal
Known for
The Tunnel
Tamás Major
Oskar Kroge, színigazgató
Known for
Colonel Redl
Ildikó Kishonti
Dora Martin, primadonna
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Confidence
A Very Moral Night
Mária Bisztrai
Motzné, tragika
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Sándor Lukács
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Cseppben az élet
István Szabó Director · Péter Dobai Screenplay Klaus Mann Author
United States release March 22, 1982 · Produced in Germany, Hungary, Austria · Languages English, German, Hungarian
Production
Mafilm
Production
Objektív Film
Production
ARD
Production
Germany · Hungary · Austria
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German · Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · February 11, 1981
Theatrical
Germany · April 29, 1981
Theatrical
United States · March 22, 1982
Theatrical
United States
September 29, 1981 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
France
December 16, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 8, 1982 · Theatrical
February 5, 2008 · Physical · DVD
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