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Overview

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Director:

István Szabó

Writers:

Péter Dobai (writer)
Klaus Mann (novel)
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Release Date:

22 March 1982 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | War more

Plot:

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 2 nominations more

NewsDesk:

Mephisto Renews His Deal in 'Faust'
 (From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 18 August 2009, 12:57 PM, PDT)

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Mephisto is magnificent more (16 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Klaus Maria Brandauer ... Hendrik Hoefgen
Krystyna Janda ... Barbara Bruckner
Ildikó Bánsági ... Nicoletta von Niebuhr
Rolf Hoppe ... Tábornagy
György Cserhalmi ... Hans Miklas
Péter Andorai ... Otto Ulrichs
Karin Boyd ... Juliette Martens
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 (as Bánfalvi Ágnes)
Judit Hernádi ... Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende
Vilmos Kun ... Ügyelõ
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Additional Details

Runtime:

144 min | Spain:126 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany more


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Trivia:

Based on the novel "Mephisto" by Klaus Mann, which obviously portrays his former brother-in-law Gustaf Gründgens. Therefore, it was banned in Germany until 2000. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: Contrary to what is depicted in the film, Hitler was not named chancellor of Germany after the Nazis won a majority in the Reichstag. He was appointed chancellor in January 1933 without proper parliamentary confirmation, and the Nazi Party did not won an absolute majority of votes in the next election (March 1933). more

Quotes:

Hendrik Hoefgen: Am I not the most dreadful villain you have seen? more

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#5.1)" (1992) more

Soundtrack:

Im Grunewald more


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Mephisto is magnificent, 23 July 2006
10/10
Author: aussiebrisguy from Australia

What can one say about this film apart from it being totally brilliant? Klaus Maria Brandauer is ideally cast in the role of Hendrik Hoefgen. The character of Hoefgen is a thinly disguised version of the famous German actor and Director of the Prussian State Theatre in Berlin, Gustav Grundgens. Grundgens compromised with the National Socialist authorities under Hitler to retain his role in the theatre. Others left as they did not want to be associated with the Third Reich and all its horrors. Marlene Dietrich was one such person. Grundgens remained. This film is a classic for any drama student as it shows the state of theatre in Germany before the rise of the Third Reich in Germany. It very clearly depicts theatre pre-1918 and also the early and important work of Bertolt Brecht. The thuggery of the Nazi German regime is clearly exposed with all the filth who polluted the upper echelons of society down to the working man. This is a brilliant piece of film making. Don't miss it as it is gripping drama.

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