Mephisto

Mephisto

145 mins | Drama | Feb. 11, 1981

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.

Mephisto

145 mins | Drama | Feb. 11, 1981

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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers ARD, Mafilm, Objektív Film
Original title Mephisto
Directors István Szabó
Writers István Szabó, Klaus Mann, Péter Dobai

Cast

Klaus Maria Brandauer

as Hendrik Höfgen

Krystyna Janda

as Barbara Bruckner

Ildikó Bánsági

as Nicoletta von Niebuhr

Rolf Hoppe

as Tábornagy

Karin Boyd

as Juliette Martens

György Cserhalmi

as Hans Miklas

Péter Andorai

as Otto Ulrichs

Christine Harbort

as Lotte Lindenthal

Tamás Major

as Oskar Kroge, színigazgató

Ildikó Kishonti

as Dora Martin, primadonna

Mária Bisztrai

as Motzné, tragika

Sándor Lukács

as Rolf Bonetti, bonviván

Ágnes Bánfalvy

as Angelika Siebert, naiva

Judit Hernádi

as Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende

Vilmos Kun

as Ügyelõ

Hédi Temessy

as Egy nagybankos neje

Teri Tordai

as Laura, szobrásznõ

István Szabó

as Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)

David Robinson

as Davidson, kritikus