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Mephisto

Lists: Drama, Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film Winners

Brief Synopsis: "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."

Overall Ranking: - (Rank from 1981: # 0)


Rating:
88
Adjusted* Rating:
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88

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People Involved



  • Klaus Maria Brandauer (Hendrik Hoefgen)
  • Krystyna Janda (Barbara Bruckner)
  • Ildikó Bánsági (Nicoletta von Niebuhr)
  • Rolf Hoppe (Tábornagy)
  • Karin Boyd (Juliette Martens)
  • György Cserhalmi (Hans Miklas)
  • Andorai Péter (Otto Ulrichs)
  • Christine Harbort (Lotte Lindenthal)
  • Major Tamás (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 (Ãœgyelõ)
  • Temessy Hédi (Egy nagybankos neje)
  • Teri Tordai (Laura, szobrásznõ)
  • István Szabó (Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited))
  • David Robinson (Davidson, kritikus)