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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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
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Klaus Maria BrandauerHendrik Höfgen
Krystyna JandaBarbara Bruckner
Ildikó BánságiNicoletta von Niebuhr
Rolf HoppeTábornagy
Karin BoydJuliette Martens
Péter AndoraiOtto Ulrichs
Christine HarbortLotte Lindenthal
Tamás MajorOskar Kroge, színigazgató
Ildikó KishontiDora Martin, primadonna
Sándor LukácsRolf Bonetti, bonvivánExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Péter Dobai
- Producer
- Manfred Durniok
- Original Music Composer
- Zdenkó Tamássy
- Director of Photography
- Lajos Koltai
- Editor
- Zsuzsa Csákány
- Director
- István Szabó
- Screenplay
- István Szabó