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Mephisto

72 %|Feb 11, 1981|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Zdenkó Tamássy
Original Music Composer
István Szabó
Director
Lajos Koltai
Director of Photography
Péter Dobai
Screenplay
István Szabó
Screenplay
Klaus Mann
Novel
Manfred Durniok
Producer
Zsuzsa Csákány
Editor

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Cast

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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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Péter Andorai
Otto Ulrichs
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Christine Harbort
Lotte Lindenthal
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Tamás Major
Oskar Kroge, színigazgató
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Ildikó Kishonti
Dora Martin, primadonna
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Mária Bisztrai
Motzné, tragika
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Sándor Lukács
Rolf Bonetti, bonviván
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Ágnes Bánfalvy
Angelika Siebert, naiva
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Judit Hernádi
Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende
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Vilmos Kun
Ügyelõ
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Hédi Temessy
Egy nagybankos neje
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Teri Tordai
Laura, szobrásznõ
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István Szabó
Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)
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David Robinson
Davidson, kritikus