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Mephisto

Academy Award® Winners and Nominees • 2h 26m

Directed by István Szabó • Drama • 1981 • Hungary • German, Hungarian with English subtitles
Starring Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildiko Bansagi, Krystyna Janda

Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 1982 Academy Awards and nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes, István Szabó's "Mephisto" follows a passionate, but struggling actor (Klaus Maria Brandauer) who remains in Germany during the Nazi regime and reaps the rewards of this Faustian pact by finally achieving the stardom he has long craved.

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