Rent Mephisto (1981)
3.6 of 5 from 101 ratings
2h 19min
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- Synopsis:
- As the Nazis rise to power, German actor Hendrik Hoefgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) faces a stark choice: political compliance or professional outer darkness. So eager is Hoefgen for applause that he opts for the former and becomes a star of the Nazi propaganda machine. But in pre-World War II Germany, there is a terrible price to pay for selling one's soul to the devil.
- Actors:
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe, György Cserhalmi, Péter Andorai, Karin Boyd, Christine Harbort, Tamás Major, Ildikó Kishonti, Mária Bisztrai, Sándor Lukács, Ágnes Bánfalvy, Judit Hernádi, Vilmos Kun, Ida Versényi, István Komlós, Sári Gencsy, Zdzislaw Mrozewski, Stanislava Strobachow
- Directors:
- István Szabó
- Producers:
- Manfred Durniok
- Writers:
- Péter Dobai, István Szabó, Klaus Mann
- Aka:
- Mefisto
- Studio:
- Fremantle
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- 100 Years of German Expressionism, A Few More Screen Princes, Cinema Paradiso's Euro 24 Film Festival, Film History, Films & TV by topic, A Brief History of Film...
- Countries:
- Hungary
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/12/2025
- Run Time:
- 143 minutes
- Languages:
- German, Hungarian
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Four of István Szabó's acclaimed but rarely seen short film works: Variations on a Theme (1961), You (1963), Concert (1963), and City Map (1977)
- István Szabó - The Director Answers: An interview with the award-winning filmmaker
- Remembrance of József Romvári: Filmmaker Sophy Romvári's tribute to her grandfather, production designer József Romvári with narration by Szabó
- Szabó's Central Europe: A look at Szabó's Hungarian films
- Trailers
- UK premieres on Blu-ray
