"Mephisto:" from the Hungarian master,

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Istvan Szabo comes the story of the rise and rise and rise of a talented actor trying to keep his career from being derailed by the Nazi propoganda machine.
Klaus Maria Brandauer gives a searing performance which is exhausting to view: perhaps the most overpowering acting turn of the decade.
For the viewer that wishes for an easy answer to whether or not conscientious artists should have refused to perform or left Germany Szabo provides no answers. Instead, what he gives is a complex film examining the ideas of ambition, loyalty, patriotism, sacrifice, and devotion to art.
Bravura film performances (the Prime Minister is equal to the scene-stealing prowess of Brandauer), brilliant play-within-a-play performances (the Mephisto scenes especially are amazing, with Brandauer shifting easily into the different acting style necessary to theater), and unsurpassed dialogue contribute to this classic.
Szabo and Brandauer collaborated on two other films.

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Topic - "Mephisto:" from the Hungarian master, - tinear 09:49:42 02/15/07 (5)

Re: "Mephisto:" - Claudia 07:04:43 02/16/07 (0)

Klaus Maria Brandauer is one awesome actor (nt - Eldragon 14:22:40 02/15/07 (0)

Re: "Mephisto:" from the Hungarian master, - patrickU 09:56:07 02/15/07 (2)

Can you be a tad less terse? What exactly didn't thrill you? nt - tinear 12:12:45 02/15/07 (1)

Re: Can you be a tad less terse? What exactly didn't thrill you? nt - patrickU 03:43:27 02/16/07 (0)

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