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22 March 1982 (USA)
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A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance...
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Won Oscar.
Another 9 wins
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2 nominations
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the Devil doesn't always carry a pitchfork
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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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144 min | Spain:126 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Director Cameo: [István Szabó]A guest wearing a tuxedo on the theater reception party near the end of the film, complaining about the unnecessary expenses of the luxurious party.
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Anachronisms: In the movie's final scene, the modern track is visible in Berlin's Olympic Stadium.
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Hendrik Hoefgen:
What do they want from me now? After all, I am just an actor.
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Featured in "Zomergasten: (#5.1)" (1992)
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Fruhlingsstimmen
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Everyone knows the story of Faust: a man sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for something. Well, as we learned in the Rolling Stones' song "Sympathy for the Devil", the Prince of Darkness doesn't necessarily appear as a mustachioed red being with a bifurcated tail. In "Mephisto", the Devil appears as an ideology-turned-governmental-system: Nazism. And in this case, the Devil doesn't request your soul, but rather a favor: that you work for it. Such is the fate of actor Heinz Hoefgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer). Hoefgen has felt shame all his life and has often worn white make-up, as if to hide behind it. But the Nazis make him feel powerful, and so he works for them; metaphorically, he sells his soul to them.
"Mephisto" proves not only the mastery of Germany's film industry, but also what a great director Istvan Szabo is (also shown in "Sunshine" and "Being Julia").