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.
Director: István Szabó
Director of Photography: Lajos Koltai
Screenplay: Péter Dobai, István Szabó
Producer: Manfred Durniok
Hendrik Höfgen
Barbara Bruckner
Nicoletta von Niebuhr
Tábornagy
Juliette Martens
Hans Miklas
Otto Ulrichs
Lotte Lindenthal
Mephisto Trailer 1981