
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.
Release Date: 1981-02-11
Drama
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Casts

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