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Overview
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Release Date:
22 March 1982 (USA)
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Plot:
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(12 articles)
Book Review: Mike Goodridge’s FilmCraft: Directing
(From ioncinema. 25 July 2012, 11:00 AM, PDT)
Karlovy Vary Film Fest Review: Even Helen Mirren Can't Save 'The Door'
(From The Playlist. 3 July 2012, 12:27 PM, PDT)
Faust – review
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 May 2012, 4:41 PM, PDT)
(From ioncinema. 25 July 2012, 11:00 AM, PDT)
Karlovy Vary Film Fest Review: Even Helen Mirren Can't Save 'The Door'
(From The Playlist. 3 July 2012, 12:27 PM, PDT)
Faust – review
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 May 2012, 4:41 PM, PDT)
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Mephisto is magnificent
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Cast
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Directed by | |||
| István Szabó | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Péter Dobai | ||
| Klaus Mann | novel | |
| István Szabó | ||
Produced by | |||
| Manfred Durniok | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Zdenkó Tamássy | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Lajos Koltai | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Zsuzsa Csákány | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| János P. Nagy | (as Nagy János) | ||
| József Romvári | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Ágnes Gyarmathy | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Edit Basilides | .... | makeup artist | |
| Ábrisné Basilides | .... | makeup artist | |
| Rozalia Szegedi | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Lajos Óvári | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Mara Luttor | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| János Czakó | .... | stand-by props | |
| Éva Martin | .... | construction manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| György Fék | .... | sound | |
| Martin Steyer | .... | adr mixer | |
| András Szeredás | .... | dubbing scenarist | |
Stunts | |||
| Lou Horvath | .... | stunts | |
| Bela Kasi | .... | assistant stunt coordinator | |
| Ferenc Novinecz | .... | stunts | |
| Béla Unger | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Magda B. Müller | .... | still photographer | |
| Gyula Kovács | .... | camera operator | |
| József Marton | .... | chief lighting technician | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Judit Rákosi | .... | wardrobe | |
| Gabor Szabo | .... | dresser | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Géza Fülöp | .... | color consultant | |
| David Block | .... | colorist (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Zoltán Jekely | .... | translator | |
| Mária Ligeti | .... | choreographer | |
| Sarolta Lányi | .... | translator | |
| Sándor Martosi Mórocz | .... | location manager (as Sándor Mórocz) | |
| Angelika Máté | .... | translator | |
| Péter Máté | .... | translator | |
| Bertalan Papp | .... | advisor | |
| Jozsef Pleskonics | .... | location manager | |
| Péter Rajczi | .... | location manager | |
| János Rózsa | .... | script editor | |
| Béla Szirmai | .... | choreographer | |
| Béla Vaszary | .... | set doctor | |
| György Velezdi | .... | technician (as Velezdy György) | |
| Sándor Zeidler | .... | advisor | |
Thanks | |||
| Barbara Stone | .... | special thanks | |
| David C. Stone | .... | special thanks | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Analysis Film Releasing Corporation (1982) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Cinegate (1980) (UK) (theatrical)
- 3DD Entertainment (1981) (non-USA) (all media)
- Atlantic Film (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Homescreen (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Nox Film (2006) (worldwide) (TV)
- Palace Video (1982) (UK) (VHS)
- Palace Video (1982) (UK) (video) (Betamax)
- Pole Vídeo Comunicações Ltda. (Brazil) (VHS)
- RUSCICO (2004) (Russia) (video)
- Solopan (1981) (Poland) (all media)
- inD DVD (2006) (UK) (DVD)
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Runtime:
144 min | Spain:126 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 See more »
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Certification:
Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | New Zealand:R13 | Sweden:11 | USA:Unrated | Iceland:L | Peru:14
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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.See more »
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the movie's final scene, the modern track is visible in Berlin's Olympic Stadium.See more »
Quotes:
Hendrik Hoefgen:Am I not the most dreadful villain you have seen?See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Zomergasten: Episode #5.1" (1992)See more »
Soundtrack:
FruhlingsstimmenSee more »
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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.