Film

Mephisto

7.319812h 25m12Drama

Germany · Hungary

Age rating: 12
Director: István Szabó
Year: 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.

Top cast

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Hendrik Höfgen

Krystyna Janda

Barbara Bruckner

Ildikó Bánsági

Nicoletta von Niebuhr

Rolf Hoppe

Tábornagy

Karin Boyd

Juliette Martens

György Cserhalmi

Hans Miklas

Péter Andorai

Otto Ulrichs

Christine Harbort

Lotte Lindenthal

Tamás Major

Oskar Kroge, színigazgató

Ildikó Kishonti

Dora Martin, primadonna

Mária Bisztrai

Motzné, tragika

Sándor Lukács

Rolf Bonetti, bonviván

Ágnes Bánfalvy

Angelika Siebert, naiva

Judit Hernádi

Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende

Vilmos Kun

Ügyelõ

Hédi Temessy

Egy nagybankos neje

Teri Tordai

Laura, szobrásznõ

István Szabó

Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)

Directed by

István Szabó

Written by

Péter Dobai, István Szabó

Produced by

Manfred Durniok