Mephisto 1981 123movies

Watch: Mephisto 1981 123movies, Full Movie Online – A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons..
Plot: A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
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Ratings:

	7.7/10 Votes: 10,835
	80% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 103 Popularity: 9.684 | TMDB

Reviews:

Interesting film with fine ensemble playing
This was a superbly acted and visually stimulating film.

The most interesting element for me was Hendrik’s refusal to allow his conscience to interfere with his life’s work as an actor. Being an actor, and more importantly an actor able to act in his mothertongue in his own land, is all to this man. Initially indifferent to the rise of the Nazis, unable to accept that their government will change his life, he follows them and befriends a high-ranked Nazi so that his “art” might continue. But it can never be as it was before. Yet he continues to do as he is told, to use the theatre as a propaganda medium, without questioning the consequences.

He cannot admit to himself that he has made the wrong decision and even when he is in Paris and is presented with another opportunity to escape the Nazi regime, he returns to Germany to the pursuit of his theatrical life, no matter how restricted it is.

Excellent film with a very good lead performance.

Robin Williams’s German other half
Much is said of Brandauer’s performance here and it is an actor’s performance par excellence: look at me, look at me, I am so good, and don’t turn away, look at me again. In this respect he is like Robin Williams in one his manic performances which also craves attention and while Brandauer is a brilliant stage performer – the scenes of him on stage are amongst the best in the whole film – his stage-bound acting style in most of the rest of the film is like some psychopath with ADD.

This gives the film problems because it fails to build empathy with his ordinary situation: how to deal with an evil government and have a conscience. This problem is compounded by the close up camera: we are always looking at his face in some unendurable clinch as he tries to kiss us and ask us how good he is again and again.

The other weakness is the long build to the story. The film takes 40 minutes to become interesting; the preamble is just Brandauer’s character being selfish and self-absorbed.

Other Information:

Original Language de
Runtime 2 hr 26 min (146 min), 2 hr 6 min (126 min) (Spain)
Budget 144
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Unrated
Genre Drama
Director István Szabó
Writer Péter Dobai, István Szabó, Klaus Mann
Actors Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Krystyna Janda
Country Hungary, West Germany, Austria
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Magyar Filmlaboratórium Vallalat, Budapest, Hungary
Film Length 3,944 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm