Mephisto

145 mins
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.

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Hendrik Höfgen

Krystyna Janda

Barbara Bruckner

Ildikó Bánsági

Nicoletta von Niebuhr

Rolf Hoppe

Tábornagy

Karin Boyd

Juliette Martens

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)

David Robinson

Davidson, kritikus

Péter Dobai

Screenplay

Zdenkó Tamássy

Original Music Composer

István Szabó

Screenplay

Lajos Koltai

Director of Photography

Ábrisné Basilides

Makeup Artist

Ágnes Gyarmathy

Costume Design

György Fék

Sound Designer

János P. Nagy

Set Decoration

József Romvári

Art Direction

Edit Basilides

Makeup Artist

Rozalia Szegedi

Hairstylist

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