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Mephisto(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-02-11
72%
145 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: German, Hungarian, English.
Countries:
Germany,
Hungary
ProductionCompanies: 
Objektív Film
Movie: Mephisto
Top 10 Billed Cast
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Hendrik Höfgen
Krystyna Janda
Barbara Bruckner
Bánsági Ildikó
Nicoletta von Niebuhr
Rolf Hoppe
Tábornagy
Karin Boyd
Juliette Martens
Cserhalmi György
Hans Miklas
Andorai Péter
Otto Ulrichs
Christine Harbort
Lotte Lindenthal
Major Tamás
Oskar Kroge, színigazgató
Kishonti Ildikó
Dora Martin, primadonna
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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.
Release Date
1981-02-11
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Rating:
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