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By Bruce Mccabe (78) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 25 Apr 2018

Istvan Szabo's Mephisto is brilliant metaphorical filmmaking containing one of the more memorable film-acting performances in recent years…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 Jul 2016

Disillusionment takes on a tragically melancholy appearance. What masks are Mephisto's audiences wearing today…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 28 Feb 2014

A compelling melodrama, essentially a revisiting of Goethe's version of the Faust legend, revised for the pre-war Nazi rise to power period…

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By Richard Schickel (546) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 27 Jul 2008

Few have dared what Brandauer accomplishes: showing us a good actor responding to the same neurotic drive for the center of the stage, the…

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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Jul 2008

Hungaro pic shows extraordinary period flair for the Germany of the 1920s and '30s, balanced acting by a multinational cast, and exemplary direction…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Jun 2005

Winner of the 1981 foreign lingo Oscar, Szabu's modern Faustian take is rather conventional in story and ideas, but it has strong emotional…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Oct 2004

The actor is played by Klaus Maria Brandauer in one of the greatest movie performances I've ever seen…

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By Dragan Antulov (311) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

A very good film with an intriguing and disturbing message…

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