Mephisto (1981)
Mephisto (1981)
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1792x1080 | x264 @ 11,9 Mbps | 145 min | 12,67 Gb
Audio: Magyar AC3 2.0 @ 256 Kbps and Deutsch AC3 2.0 @ 320 Kbps
Subs (embedded in MKV): English, Français
Genre: Drama
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1792x1080 | x264 @ 11,9 Mbps | 145 min | 12,67 Gb
Audio: Magyar AC3 2.0 @ 256 Kbps and Deutsch AC3 2.0 @ 320 Kbps
Subs (embedded in MKV): English, Français
Genre: Drama
Director: István Szabó
Writers: Péter Dobai (screenplay), István Szabó (screenplay)
Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági
Hendrik Hoefgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) craves center stage. After years spent slogging it out in provincial theaters, he's grown sufficiently desperate that when the Nazi party effectively offers to make him a star, he doesn't hesitate. Great roles and plenty of praise accumulate quickly, and Hendrik revels in his success. He dreams of ultimately playing Mephisto, and to that end blithely overlooks the profound moral compromises of his situation.
IMDB - Won 1 Oscar + Another 14 wins
What a wonderful film!! Klaus Maria Brandauer brings all his talents to bear in the story about an actor who sells his soul to the Devil, in this case Nazism. The character of Hofgen is based on the real-life Gustav Grundens, an actor whose star rose with the rise of the Third Reich and who was championed by Goering (the General's character in the film). Grundens was a homosexual but this issue is sidestepped in the film and instead the character of Hofgen is involved with a beautiful female dancer. Brandauer is magnificent as the passionate but doomed actor who must renounce his family, betray his friends and throw aside his honor for the price of fame. In the end, like Faust, he must pay the devil for his success. The film starts a little slowly but stay with it to see an acting tour de force. You won't be disappointed.
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Mephisto (1981)
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