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Mephisto (1981)
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, Hungary, Austria
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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 flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
Style:
tense, serious, disturbing, realistic, biting, bleak, dramatic, harsh, cerebral, talky ...
Plot:
career, ambition, actor's life, treason, downfall, politics, rise and fall, pact with the devil, spectacle, demon, infidelity, german, political unrest, showbiz, state affairs, nazi, artists and showbiz, blind ambition, human nature, introspection, society, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, morality, nazi germany ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, hamburg germany, paris france
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