Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági
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 fle...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 26, 2001
Stats: 111 reviews
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The first hour or so was momentarily almost dreadfully dull, but luckily things became more interesting towards the end as he really started to contemplate his doings.
Oscar winning film about a actor who sells his soul to advance as a actor and a citizen in the Nazi Germany.Klaus Maria Brandauer is great as a down and out actor who changes his beliefs to advance as Germany's greatest actor.The movie is a take on Faust and as the film continues...( read more)
I thought this was going to be a great movie according to everything I read about it. But it turned out to be one of three movies in my life that I didn't watch until the end. I couldn't stand it anymore. I was bored, the acting wasn't that great, the story moved slowly and jump ...( read more)
want to see this because it won best foreign film with the NBR and best foreign-language film at the oscars
No soy muy fan del cine aleman y su idioma me llega a molestar despues de un momento. Con Mephisto algo que me impidio disfrutarla un poco mas, fue el audio atrasado, que en lo personal, me saca de quisio. Y pues la historia, la edicion y la manera en la que esta hecha simplement...( read more)
A virtuoso performance by one of the greatest contemporary actors - Klaus Maria Brandauer.
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