Regie:
István SzabóCamera:
Lajos KoltaiActeurs:
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe, György Cserhalmi, Péter Andorai, Karin Boyd, Christine Harbort, Tamás Major (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
The German actor Hendrik Höfgen is driven by immense ambition in the thirties' Germany. In the theatre of Homburg he prepares himself for the great task by tremendous efforts. He marries the rich Barbara Bruckner and goes to Berlin. Finally he can play the dream of his life, Mephisto in Faust. After the great success all his thoughts and time are occupied by the stage, not realising how he commits himself more and more to the Nazi. He is nominated to be the intendant of the Prussian State Theatre by the General who seems to be paving the way for Höfgen's carrer. His wife leaves Germany, his Jewish friend disappears, his half-blood girlfriend is expelled, the General humiliates him cruelly. His friends want to rescue him from Germany, but he stays on: he keeps on stepping upwards to the top of the artistic career. In his life he is not Mephisto, rather Faust, entering into a blind agreement with the devil. Fear grasps him for the first time when the General lets him be illuminated by the mighty, powerful reflectors in the enormous stadium, the new theatre of the Nazi under construction. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Duitse Rijk
Beste films:
La Révolution française (1989) (Tv-film)
Out of Africa (1985)
Mephisto (1981)
Krystyna Janda
Polen
Beste films:
Człowiek z marmuru (1977)
Mephisto (1981)
Przesłuchanie (1982)
Ildikó Bánsági
Hongarije
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Napló szerelmeimnek (1987)
Hanussen (1988)
Rolf Hoppe
Duitse Rijk
Beste films:
Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973)
Mephisto (1981)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
György Cserhalmi
Hongarije
Beste films:
Az ötödik pecsét (1976)
Nárcisz és Psyché (1980)
A fény ösvényei (2005)
Péter Andorai
Hongarije
Karin Boyd
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Im Winter ein Jahr (2008)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (serie)
Christine Harbort
Duitsland
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Die Unberührbare (2000)
Der Tunnel (2001)
Tamás Major
Oostenrijk-Hongarije
Beste films:
Egy magyar nábob (1966)
Mephisto (1981)
Hideg napok (1966)
Christian Grashof
Duitse Rijk
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Willenbrock (2005)
Westflug - Entführung aus Liebe (2010) (Tv-film)
Géza Kovács
Canada
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Hanussen (1988)
Dodelijk dilemma (1983)
Judit Hernádi
Hongarije
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Az erőd (1979)
Egymásra nézve (1982)
Martin Hellberg
Duitse Rijk
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Dornröschen (1971)
Teri Tordai
Koninkrijk Hongarije
Beste films:
Egy magyar nábob (1966)
Mephisto (1981)
Der Bockerer (1981)
Irén Bordán
Hongarije
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
The Martian (2015)
Az erőd (1979)
János Xantus
Hongarije
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Hanussen (1988)
Allegro barbaro (1979)
Hédi Temessy
Koninkrijk Hongarije
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Kárhozat (1988)
Öszi almanach (1985)
Oszkár Gáti
Hongarije
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
K.O. (1978)
Mielőtt befejezi röptét a denevér... (1989)
Katalin Sólyom
Koninkrijk Hongarije
István Szabó
Koninkrijk Hongarije
Beste films:
Mephisto (1981)
Taking Sides (2001)
I Served the King of England (2006)