Mephisto
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- Drama
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.
Keywords
- nazi
- demon
- pact with the devil
- career
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 11, 1981
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German, Hungarian, English
- Countries
- Austria, Germany, Hungary
- Production
- ARD,Mafilm,Objektív Film
- Cast
- Klaus Maria Brandauer,Krystyna Janda,Ildikó Bánsági,Rolf Hoppe,Karin Boyd,György Cserhalmi,Péter Andorai,Christine Harbort,Tamás Major,Ildikó Kishontiand 15 more
- Director
- István Szabó
- Producer
- Manfred Durniok
- Cinematography
- Lajos Koltai
- Music
- Zdenkó Tamássy
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0082736