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Mephisto

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Mephisto
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NR,2hrs 20min
Genres:
Drama,War
Released:
January 1, 1981
Director:
István Szabó
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági  ...more
Synopsis: Based on Klaus Mann's novel, Mephisto details the rise of a Faustian character who figuratively sells his soul in exchange for greatness. Hendrik Hofgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer, offering an electric performance) is the star of a state-funded theater department who tires of his job. Like his friends, he pays lip service to socialist ideals fashionable for artists of his time -- that is, until the Nazis rise to power. He then sees an opportunity to achieve his objective of fame: he will perform propaganda ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
In films about wartime collaboration, Mephisto earns a special niche, because it also manages to include so many acute observations about the world of the theater, and, in particular, the delusions under which some artists operate. Hendrik Hofgen is an actor of some talent and even greater ambition. That ambition, to work on the best stages in Berlin after an apprenticeship in regional theater, also ... Full Review
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Klaus Maria Brandauer
Hendrik
Krystyna Janda
Barbara
Ildikó Bánsági
Nicoletta von Niebuhr
Karin Boyd
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