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An actor of the Art Theatre Company of Hamburg, who subordinates everything to his success, befriends a principal figure in the Nazi power machinery and is drawn into a poisonous circle of evil from which he can no longer escape.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mephisto (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: MAFILM
Objektív Filmstúdió (Budapest, Hungary)
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Szabó, István, 1938- (Director, Screenwriter)
Brandauer, Klaus Maria (Actor)
Bánsági, Ildikó (Actor)
Janda, Krystyna (Actor)
Hoppe, Rolf (Actor)
Cserhalmi, György, 1948- (Actor)
Tamássy, Zdenko
Mann, Klaus, 1906-1949
Language:German
English
Language of the Original:
German
Language and/or Writing System:
In German with optional English subtitles.
Published: Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2001]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Mann, Klaus, > 1906-1949 > Film adaptations.
Mann, Klaus, > 1906-1949.
Actors > Germany > Drama.
Actors.
National socialism.
National socialism > Germany > Drama.
Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Drama.
Germany.
1933 - 1945
Schauspieler > Deutschland > Drama.
History.
Feature films > Hungary.
Foreign language films > German.
Feature films.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
History.
Feature films
Foreign language films
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
An actor of the Art Theatre Company of Hamburg, who subordinates everything to his success, befriends a principal figure in the Nazi power machinery and is drawn into a poisonous circle of evil from which he can no longer escape.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981 in Hungary.
Based on the novel by Klaus Mann.
Special features include The naked face: Conversations with Istvan Szabo and Klaus Maria Brandauer (22 min.) and talent bios.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF9 D0002393 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:Academy Award, 1982: best foreign film.
Credits:Director of photography, Lajos Koltai ; music, Zdenko Tamássy.
System Details:DVD, Region 1; widescreen (1.77:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Cast:
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Bánsági Ildikó, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe, Cserhalmi György, Andorai Péter, Karin Boyd, Christine Harbort.