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    Unique ID Code: 0000085036
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    Added on: 8/7/2006 14:09
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    Mephisto (UK)

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    Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1982
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 140 mins
    Retail Price: £15.99
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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.

    Director István Szabó`s sensual adaptation of Klaus Mann`s 1936 novel features a tour-de-force performance from Brandauer described by the Guardian as an "extraordinary actor" and the film as "compellingly brilliant".

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    Directed By:
    István Szabó

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    Starring:
    György Cserhalmi
    Rolf Hoppe
    Ildikó Bánsági
    Krystyna Janda
    Klaus Maria Brandauer

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