
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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Cast

Klaus Maria Brandauer
Hendrik Höfgen

Krystyna Janda
Barbara Bruckner

Ildikó Bánsági
Nicoletta von Niebuhr

Rolf Hoppe
Tábornagy

Karin Boyd
Juliette Martens

György Cserhalmi
Hans Miklas

Péter Andorai
Otto Ulrichs

Christine Harbort
Lotte Lindenthal

Tamás Major
Oskar Kroge, színigazgató

Ildikó Kishonti
Dora Martin, primadonna

Mária Bisztrai
Motzné, tragika

Sándor Lukács
Rolf Bonetti, bonviván

Ágnes Bánfalvy
Angelika Siebert, naiva

Judit Hernádi
Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende

Vilmos Kun
Ügyelõ

Hédi Temessy
Egy nagybankos neje

Teri Tordai
Laura, szobrásznõ

István Szabó
Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)

David Robinson
Davidson, kritikus

Irén Bordán

Kati Sólyom