Mephisto
Summary:
Based on Klaus Mann's novel, Mephisto details the rise of a Faustian character who figuratively sells his soul in exchange for greatness. Hendrik Hofgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer, offering an electric performance) is the star of a state-funded theater department who tires of his job. Like his friends, he pays lip service to socialist ideals fashionable for artists of his time -- th... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Klaus Maria Brandauer - (Hendrik)
Krystyna Janda - (Barbara)
Ildikó Bánsági - (Nicoletta von Niebuhr)
Karin Boyd - (Juliette Martens)
Rolf Hoppe - (General)
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Review:
In films about wartime collaboration, Mephisto earns a special niche, because it also manages to include so many acute observations about the world of the theater, and, in particular, the delusions under which some artists operate. Hendrik Hofgen is an actor of some talent and even greater ambition. That ambition, to work on the best stages i... Continue >>
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