Mephisto
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Mephisto
An ambitious and talented actor on the verge of success marries the daughter of a respected professor in pre-World War II Germany. As the Nazi influence grows, he must decide whether to follow his wife and her family as they flee in exile or to use his popularity to further his own career. He returns to Berlin and uses his new connections to become the head of the National Theater, while tailoring his art to the fascist beliefs of his patrons. But he soon realizes that there is a price for his success.
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
| Director: | István Szabó |
| Screenplay: | István Szabó, Péter Dobai |
| Director of photography: | Lajos Koltai, Jean Badal (Paris) |
| Editing: | Zsuzsa Csákány |
| Music: | Zdenkó Tamássy |
| Cast: | |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer | Hendrik Höfgen |
| Krystyna Janda | Barbara Bruckner |
| Ildikó Bánsági | Nicoletta von Niebuhr |
| Rolf Hoppe | General |
| György Cserhalmi | Hans Miklas |
| Péter Andorai | Otto Ulrichs |
| Karin Boyd | Juliette Martens |
| Christine Harbort | Lotte Lindenthal |
| Tamás Major | Direktor Oskar H. Kroge |
| Ildikó Kishonti | Primadonna Dora Martin |
| Production company: | Mafilm Objektív Stúdió (Budapest) |
All Credits
| Director: | István Szabó |
| Assistant director: | Mara Luttor |
| Screenplay: | István Szabó, Péter Dobai |
| German dialogue: | Carla Hesse, Heinz Freitag |
| based on: | Klaus Mann (Motive des Romans) |
| Translation: | Angelika Máté, Péter Maté |
| Script editor: | János Rózsa |
| Director of photography: | Lajos Koltai, Jean Badal (Paris) |
| Assistant camera: | Gyula Kovács |
| Production design: | Joszéf Romvári |
| Set design: | Eva Marton |
| Costume design: | Agnes Gyarmathy |
| Make-up artist: | Edit Basilides |
| Editing: | Zsuzsa Csákány |
| Sound: | György Fék |
| Choreographer: | Maria Ligeti, Béla Szirmai |
| Consultant: | Bertalan Papp, Sándor Zeidler |
| Music: | Zdenkó Tamássy |
| Cast: | |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer | Hendrik Höfgen |
| Krystyna Janda | Barbara Bruckner |
| Ildikó Bánsági | Nicoletta von Niebuhr |
| Rolf Hoppe | General |
| György Cserhalmi | Hans Miklas |
| Péter Andorai | Otto Ulrichs |
| Karin Boyd | Juliette Martens |
| Christine Harbort | Lotte Lindenthal |
| Tamás Major | Direktor Oskar H. Kroge |
| Ildikó Kishonti | Primadonna Dora Martin |
| Production company: | Mafilm Objektív Stúdió (Budapest) |
| in co-production with: | Manfred Durniok Produktion für Film und Fernsehen (Berlin) |
| in association with: | Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) (Wien), Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) (Frankfurt am Main) |
| Producer (TV): | Hans Prescher |
| Executive producer: | Lajos Óvári |
| Unit production manager: | József Marx |
| Location manager: | Sándor Mórocz, Péter Rajczy, József Pleskonics |
| Original distributor: | Tobis Filmkunst GmbH & Co. KG (Berlin) |
| Length: | 3957 m, 145 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,66 |
| Picture/Sound: | Eastmancolr, Ton |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung: 25.08.1981, 52606, ab 12 Jahre, feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Uraufführung: 11.02.1981, Budapest, Ungarische Filmwoche; Kinostart (DE): 24.04.1981, Wiesbaden, Bambi; TV-Erstsendung (DD): 01.01.1983, DFF 1; TV-Erstsendung (DE): 30.01.1983, ARD |
Titles
| Originaltitel (HU DE AT) Mephisto |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 3957 m, 145 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,66 |
| Picture/Sound: | Eastmancolr, Ton |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung: 25.08.1981, 52606, ab 12 Jahre, feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Uraufführung: 11.02.1981, Budapest, Ungarische Filmwoche; Kinostart (DE): 24.04.1981, Wiesbaden, Bambi; TV-Erstsendung (DD): 01.01.1983, DFF 1; TV-Erstsendung (DE): 30.01.1983, ARD |
Awards
| 1982 |
| David di Donatello, Bester Darsteller in einem ausländischen Film |
| Academy Awards 1982 |
| Oscar, Bester ausländischer Film |
| IFF Cannes 1981 |
| F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I.-Preis |
| Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater 1981 |
| Gildepreis, Bester Film |
| FBW 1981 |
| Prädikat: Wertvoll |





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