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Mephisto (1981 Film)
''Mephisto'' is a 1981 German-language political drama film co-written and directed by István Szabó, and based on the novel of the same name by Klaus Mann. It stars Klaus Maria Brandauer as a German stage actor (modelled on Gustaf Gründgens) who finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-Second World War Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are forced underground by the Nazi regime, the popularity of his character ends up superseding his own existence, until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons. The film was a co-production of Hungarian, Austrian, and West German studios; starring German and Hungarian-speaking actors. It premiered in Budapest on 11 February 1981 and received widespread acclaim from critics, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, the first Hungarian picture to do so. Brandauer's performance earned h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Szabó
István Szabó (; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungary, Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian language, Hungarian-speaking world since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European Auteur theory, auteurism, he has made films that represent many of the political and psychological conflicts of Central Europe's recent history, as well as of his own personal history. He made his first short film in 1959 as a student at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, and his first feature film in 1964. He achieved his greatest international success with ''Mephisto (1981 film), Mephisto'' (1981) for which he was awarded an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Since then, most of Szabó's films have been international co-productions filmed in a variety of languages and European locations. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Foreign-Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judit Hernádi
Judit Hernádi (born 11 April 1956) is a Hungarian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Fortress'' (1979) * '' Mephisto'' (1981) * '' Another Way'' (1982) * '' The Last Manuscript'' (1987) * ''Samba Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...'' (1996) * '' Out of Order'' (1997) External links *Hernádi Judit port.hu References 1956 births Hungarian film actresses Hungarian stage actresses Hungarian television actresses Actresses from Budapest Living people {{Hungary-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágnes Bánfalvy
Ágnes Bánfalvy (born 30 April 1954) is a Hungarian actress. She came to notice playing Little Red Riding Hood when she was 24. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1975. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Banfalvy, Agnes 1954 births Living people Actresses from Budapest Hungarian film actresses Hungarian television actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ildikó Kishonti
Ildikó Kishonti (26 April 1947 – 30 August 2009) was a Hungarian actress. She also appeared on television. Filmography References External links * 1947 births 2009 deaths Hungarian actresses {{Hungary-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás Major
Tamás Major (26 January 1910 – 13 April 1986) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He also acted as the director of the Hungarian National Theatre from 1945 to 1962. Selected filmography * ''A szüz és a gödölye'' (1941) - István, Huber fiatalabb fia * '' A Strange Marriage'' (1951) - Jezsuita * '' Erkel'' (1952) - Kölcsey Ferenc * ''Crime at Dawn'' (1960) - Halmágyi * ''Az utolsó vacsora'' (1962) * ''Miért rosszak a magyar filmek?'' (1964) - Póczik * ''Világos feladja'' (1964) - Mr. Borowski * '' Az Életbe táncoltatott leány'' (1964) - A képmutogató * ''Mit csinált Felséged 3-tól 5-ig?'' (1964) - Narrator * ''Car Crazy'' (1965) - Igazgató * ''A köszívü ember fiai'' (1965) - Baradlay Kázmér * '' The Corporal and the Others'' (1965) - Albert * ''Nem'' (1965) - Lakásügyi elõadó * ''Minden kezdet nehéz'' (1966) * ''Hideg napok'' (1966) - Grassy ezredes * '' And Then The Guy...'' (1966) - Xandor * ''Egy magyar nábob'' (1966) - Griffard * ''Sellö a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Péter Andorai
Péter Andorai (25 April 1948 – 1 February 2020) was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than 90 films since 1975. He starred in the 1980 film '' Bizalom'', which was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Director. Selected filmography * ''Vörös rekviem'' (1976) - Sallai Imre * ''A kard'' (1977) - Feri * ''Ékezet'' (1977) - Seregi, üzemmérnök * ''Riasztólövés'' (1977) - Csipesz * ''My Father's Happy Years'' (1977) - Varga Ernõ, kommunista * ''Amerikai cigaretta'' (1978) - Jegyüzér * ''Áramütés'' (1979) - Vince * ''Szabadíts meg a gonosztól'' (1979) - Antal, a katona * '' Bizalom'' (1980) - János Biró * ''The Green Bird'' (1980) - Jan Widuchowski * ''Utolsó elötti ítélet'' (1980) - A férfi * '' Mephisto'' (1981) - Otto Ulrichs * '' Another Way'' (1982) - Dönci Horváth - Lívia férje * ''Nyom nélkül'' (1982) - Gyanusított * ''Tight Quarters'' (1983) - Miklós * ''Szeretök'' (1984) - Árk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Boyd
Karin Boyd (born 1953) is a German actress and Theatre director. Life and career Boyd was born in 1953 in East Berlin. Boyd's father was an American soldier. Boyd's mother was a German. Boyd completed a three-year study acting at the National Theatre School in Rostock, followed by an additional vocal training at the Department of chanson at the Music School in East Berlin Friedrichshain. After working at several small stages in 1973 she came to the Maxim Gorki Theatre in East Berlin, where she played for ten years. In addition, she also played first film and television roles for the East German DEFA and Deutscher Fernsehfunk. Her breakthrough as an actress came in 1981 in the role of the dancer Juliette Martens in István Szabó's Oscar-winning film '' Mephisto'' starring Klaus Maria Brandauer Klaus Maria Brandauer (; born Klaus Georg Steng; 22 June, 1943) is an Austrian actor and director. He is also a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar. Brandauer is known internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Cserhalmi
György Cserhalmi (born 17 February 1948, in Budapest) is a Hungarian actor. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre. Employment *1971: Debrecen Csokonai Theatre *1972-1975: Veszprem Petofi Theatre *1979-1983: National Theatre, then the Hungarian Film Company *1983-1989: Katona Jozsef Theatre *1989-1991: National Theatre *1991–present: freelance work. Prizes *Kossuth Prize (1990) *SZOT prize (1988) *Elizabeth prize (1987) *Noteworthy artist (1986) *Balazs Bela prize (1982) Films Has acted in more than 200 films, since the early 1970s one of the most significant Hungarian contemporary actors, especially in modern heroic roles. One of the most significant being ''Mephisto'', made in 1981 by Istvan Szabo. He starred in the 1976 film '' Azonosítás'', which won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. He played a role in the 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician, aviator, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945. He also served as ''Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe'' (Supreme Commander of the Air Force), a position he held until the final days of the regime. He was born in Rosenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavaria. A veteran World War I fighter pilot Flying aces, ace, Göring was a recipient of the . He served as the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War I), ''Jagdgeschwader'' 1 (JG I), the fighter wing once led by Manfred von Richthofen. An early member of the Nazi Party, Göring was among those wounded in Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. While receiving treatment for his injuries, he developed an addiction to morphine that persisted until the last year of his life. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (theatre), play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, King Claudius, Claudius, who has murdered Ghost (Hamlet), Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Gertrude (Hamlet), Hamlet's mother. ''Hamlet'' is considered among the "most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language", with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." It is widely considered one of the greatest plays of all time. Three different early versions of the play are extant: the Hamlet Q1, First Quarto (Q1, 1603); the Second Quarto (Q2, 1604); and the First Folio (F1, 1623). Each version includes lines and passages missing from the others. Many works have been pointed to as possible s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazism
Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was frequently referred to as Hitler Fascism () and Hitlerism (). The term " neo-Nazism" is applied to other far-right groups with similar ideology, which formed after World War II, and after Nazi Germany collapsed. Nazism is a form of fascism, with disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system. Its beliefs include support for dictatorship, fervent antisemitism, anti-communism, anti-Slavism, anti-Romani sentiment, scientific racism, white supremacy, Nordicism, social Darwinism, homophobia, ableism, and the use of eugenics. The ultranationalism of the Nazis originated in pan-Germanism and the ethno-nationalist '' Völkisch'' movement which had been a prominent aspect of German ultranationalism since the late 19th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
