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Overview

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7.8/10   3,009 votes
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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

Plot Keywords:

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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)

User Comments:

Before "The Truman Show", "Mephisto" asks its audience, what is good entertainment? more (16 total)


Cast

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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
Ida Versényi ... Súgó
István Komlós ... Kis Böck, Öltöztetõ
Sári Gencsy ... Bella Hilfgrin
Zdzislaw Mrozewski ... Bruckner, tanácsos
Stanislava Strobachow ... Tábornokné
Károly Ujlaky ... Sebastian
György Bánffy ... Faust
József Csör ... Joachim, jellemszínész
Christian Grashof ... Cesar von Muck
Teri Tordai ... Laura, szobrásznõ
Hédi Temessy ... Egy nagybankos neje
David Robinson ... Davidson, kritikus
Géza Kovács ... Müller, kritikus
Hans Ulrich Laufer ... Radig, szerkesztõ
Margrid Hellberg ... Fiatal énekesnõ
Kerstin Hellberg ... Fiatal énekesnõ
Irén Bordán ... Filmszínésznõ
Oszkár Gáti ... Filmszínész
Tamás Balikó ... A Tábornagy szárnysegéde
Ödön Rubold ... A Tábornagy szárnysegéde
István Palotai ... A Tábornagy szárnysegéde
Bertalan Papp ... A Tábornagy szárnysegéde
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rózsa Balogh
Mónika Bognár
Béla Bolykovszki (as Bolykovszky Béla)
Erzsébet Czeglédi
János Dömölky
Mária Fekete
Tamás Fésüs
Katalin Fráter
Oszkárné Gombik
Martin Hellberg ... Professor (as Prof. Martin Hellberg)
Magda Kalmár ... Soprano singer (singing voice)
István Karsai
Bazsa Kiss
Katalin Korancz
Géza Laczkovich
György Lencz
József Lukácsi
Sándor Majoros
Rita Máté
Lajos Mezey
Vilmos Mosóczy
Tamás Philipovics
Fruzsina Pregitzer
Gizella Ramshorn
Erzsi Sándor
András Sebestyén
Kati Sólyom (as Sólyom Katalin)
Csilla Strébely
Mihály Szacsky
Péter Tihanyi
Vidor Török
Tamás Tóth
Katalin Varga
János Xantus
Imre Zvoronics

István Szabó ... Theatre party attendant (uncredited)
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Directed by
István Szabó 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Péter Dobai  writer
Klaus Mann  novel
István Szabó  writer

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
Ábrisné Basilides .... makeup artist
Edit 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
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
 
Editorial Department
Géza Fülöp .... color consultant
 
Other crew
Zoltán Jekely .... translator
Sarolta Lányi .... translator
Mária Ligeti .... choreographer
Angelika Máté .... translator
Péter Máté .... translator
Sándor Mórocz .... location manager
Bertalan Papp .... advisor
Jozsef Pleskonics .... location manager
Péter Rajczi .... location manager
János Rózsa .... script editor
Béla Szirmai .... choreographer
György Velezdi .... technician (as Velezdy György)
Sándor Zeidler .... advisor
 

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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


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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. more

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the movie's final scene, the modern track is visible in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. more

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.53)" (2005) more

Soundtrack:

Mephisto-Improvisation more


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19 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Before "The Truman Show", "Mephisto" asks its audience, what is good entertainment?, 10 January 1999
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Author: neil peter huthnance (nhuthnm@ozdocs.net.au) from Sydney, Australia

Another disturbing film about the complicity of ordinary people in fascism, which explores similar territory to "Cabaret", "The Conformist", "The Leopard" and "The Remains of the Day". It argues that fascism demonstrates how difficult it is to separate one's public and private roles and beliefs from politics. The title character, an actor, starts to realise how his "make believe" public role has very real, tragic consequences. In this sense, the film has merit beyond its superb acting and other technical features: it subverts the liberal pieties of Hollywood drama which resolve all conflict within the confines of the existing social system. It undercuts the banality of much film criticism which says it is "just entertainment" with "no subtext"- as if produced in a social/historical vacuum with no point of view. In short, the film argues that artists, like everyone else, have to take some responsibility and assume a critical role or risk being haunted, like Mephisto, by the awareness that they have become pawns in a dangerous game.

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