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Mephisto
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Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer80%as of 2024-10-31
- Rotten Tomatoes average7.5/10as of 2021-10-05
What it is
Mephisto is a 1981 German-language political drama film co-written and directed by István Szabó, and based on the novel of the same name by Klaus Mann. It stars Klaus Maria Brandauer as a German stage actor who finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-Second World War Germany.
At a glance
- Genres
- Drama / History
- Original language
- German
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