Istvan Szabo - Mephisto (1981)

This film faithfully recreates the novel written in 1936 by Klaus Mann. It is a reflection of the age old temptation of Man, the story of Goethe's Faust. Karl Maria Brandauer is magnificent as Hendrik Höfgen, the obsessed "actor" who will do anything to gain wealth and fame. He first betrays the world around him, and then his inner values are swept away as he finally enters the inner sanctum of Nazi Germany. Is true theatre on stage or in the handshake that Höfgen makes in the prime minister's box behind the audience? Everything in this movie revolves around Höfgen's downward spiral into the abyss; the initial ascent to stardom was but an illusion. Mann instinctively knew that tragedy would befall his country when a pact was made between Hitler and the financial, industrial and military élites of Germany - remember the book was written nine years before that country's downfall. View the movie and read the book. Two truly artistic achievements! Thumbs up to István Szabó and K.M. Brandauer who managed to reveal everything in Höfgen's character. File Name .........................................: Mephisto.avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 1,868,378,112 bytes Runtime ............................................: 2:24:04 Video Codec ...................................: XviD ISO MPEG-4 Frame Size ......................................: 688x384 (AR: 1.792) FPS .................................................: 23.976 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1527 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.241 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 192 kb/s [2 channel(s)] CBR No. of audio streams .......................: 1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082736/ German audio; English subpack Istvan Szabo - Mephisto (1981)

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devrimCHE (2011-09-25)

thank you very much for this rarely found movie. it's a tribute..

canofubik (2013-12-21)

8: Quality is alright, but a bit poor for the file size.