Mephisto (1981)

  • NR
  • 09/28/1981 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 25m

Overview

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.

István Szabó

Director, Screenplay

Péter Dobai

Screenplay

Klaus Mann

Novel

Cast

Klaus Maria Brandauer's headshot

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Hendrik Höfgen
Krystyna Janda's headshot

Krystyna Janda

Barbara Bruckner
Ildikó Bánsági's headshot

Ildikó Bánsági

Nicoletta von Niebuhr
Rolf Hoppe's headshot

Rolf Hoppe

Tábornagy
Karin Boyd's headshot

Karin Boyd

Juliette Martens
György Cserhalmi's headshot

György Cserhalmi

Hans Miklas
Péter Andorai's headshot

Péter Andorai

Otto Ulrichs
Christine Harbort's headshot

Christine Harbort

Lotte Lindenthal

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