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There are two movies of this name.

Mephisto (1930)

A French-language film directed by Henri Debain and Nick Winter.

Mephisto (1981)

A West Germany / Hungary / Austria co-production, based on the novel by Klaus Mann, directed by István Szabó, and starring Klaus Maria Brandauer as Hendrik Höfgen. The film adapts the Mephistopheles/Dr Faustus theme by having the main character Hendrik Höfgen abandon his conscience and continue to act and ingratiate himself with the Nazi Party and so keep and improve his job and social position.

Both the film and Klaus Mann's book, written in 1936, from which it is taken mirror the career of Mann's brother-in-law, Gustaf Gründgens, who is considered by many to have supported the Nazi Party and abandoned his previous political views for personal gain rather than conscience. However, Mann's book is written in a satiric style, making Höfgen more a lampoon than a character in his own right, while the film is a more realistic exploration of a flawed but recognisably human character.

Mephisto was awarded the 1981 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.

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Movies - Mephisto

Mephisto (1930)

Mephisto (1981)

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