Mephisto
11/02/1981
2h 25m



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.
Cast


Klaus Maria Brandauer
Hendrik Höfgen


Krystyna Janda
Barbara Bruckner


Ildikó Bánsági
Nicoletta von Niebuhr


Rolf Hoppe
Tábornagy


Karin Boyd
Juliette Martens


György Cserhalmi
Hans Miklas


Péter Andorai
Otto Ulrichs


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
Angelika Siebert, naiva


Judit Hernádi
Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende


Vilmos Kun
Ügyelõ


Hédi Temessy
Egy nagybankos neje


Teri Tordai
Laura, szobrásznõ


István Szabó
Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)
David Robinson
Davidson, kritikus


Irén Bordán


Kati Sólyom
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