Mephisto

feature film, drama, Germany, Hungary, Austria, 1981

DIRECTED BY: István Szabo

Mephisto

CAST:
Klaus Maria Brandauer (Hendrik Höfgen),
Krystyna Janda (Barbara Bruckner),
Ildikó Bánsági (Nicoletta von Niebuhr),
Rolf Hoppe (Tábornagy),
György Cserhalmi (Hans Miklas)

SCRIPT:
István Szabó,
Péter Dobai (based on book by Klaus Mann)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Lajos Koltai

MUSIC:
Zdenkó Tamássy

EDITING:
Zsuzsa Csákány

Synopsis:
This is a contemporary version of Faust. Elevating advantages above morality, a German actor reaches his career peak thanks to help from the Nazis… This film won an Oscar in the category of the best foreign film and is characterized by Klaus Maria Brandauers outstanding performance.

color, 144'

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