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Mephisto (UK) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
139 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Istvan Szabo

Written By:
Istvan Szabo
Péter Dobai
Klaus Mann

Actors:
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 ..... Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende
Judit Hernádi ..... Ügyelõ
Vilmos Kun

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.

In early 1930s Germany, ambitious stage actor Hendrik Hofgen cares little for politics and lives only for his art. But when the Nazis begin their rise to power, he seizes the opportunity to perform propaganda plays for the Reich and soon become Germany's most popular actor. Consumed with fame, Hendrik must now survive in a world where the ideology of evil is the ultimate drama and the true cost of a man's soul becomes the most shattering measure of all.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 May, 2010.

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