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Istvan Szabo's Mephisto is brilliant metaphorical filmmaking containing one of the more memorable film-acting performances in recent years. Apr 26, 2018 | Full Review…
Istvan Szabo's Mephisto is brilliant metaphorical filmmaking containing one of the more memorable film-acting performances in recent years.
Bruce McCabe
Few have dared what Brandauer accomplishes: showing us a good actor responding to the same neurotic drive for the center of the stage, the immortalizing role. His is a great performance, nothing less. Jul 28, 2008 | Full Review…
Few have dared what Brandauer accomplishes: showing us a good actor responding to the same neurotic drive for the center of the stage, the immortalizing role. His is a great performance, nothing less.
Richard Schickel
A disappointingly thin, conventional film. Jul 28, 2008 | Full Review…
A disappointingly thin, conventional film.
Dave Kehr
Hungaro pic shows extraordinary period flair for the Germany of the 1920s and '30s, balanced acting by a multinational cast, and exemplary direction. Jul 28, 2008 | Full Review…
Hungaro pic shows extraordinary period flair for the Germany of the 1920s and '30s, balanced acting by a multinational cast, and exemplary direction.
Variety Staff
A superbly modulated, fruitfully ambivalent central performance by Brandauer carries the emotional and intellectual weight of the political dilemma. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
A superbly modulated, fruitfully ambivalent central performance by Brandauer carries the emotional and intellectual weight of the political dilemma.
The actor is played by Klaus Maria Brandauer in one of the greatest movie performances I've ever seen. Oct 23, 2004 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
The actor is played by Klaus Maria Brandauer in one of the greatest movie performances I've ever seen.
Roger Ebert
The issue is that the story appears like a simple sketch, which never explores the main subject with depth. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 27, 2019 | Full Review…
The issue is that the story appears like a simple sketch, which never explores the main subject with depth. [Full Review in Spanish]
Diego Galán
Disillusionment takes on a tragically melancholy appearance. What masks are "Mephisto's" audiences wearing today? Jul 6, 2016 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
Disillusionment takes on a tragically melancholy appearance. What masks are "Mephisto's" audiences wearing today?
Cole Smithey
A compelling melodrama, essentially a revisiting of Goethe's version of the Faust legend, revised for the pre-war Nazi rise to power period. Feb 28, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…
A compelling melodrama, essentially a revisiting of Goethe's version of the Faust legend, revised for the pre-war Nazi rise to power period.
Dennis Schwartz
An inspired update of the Faust legend featuring a tour de force performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer. Jul 28, 2008 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
An inspired update of the Faust legend featuring a tour de force performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Difficult subject, but well pulled off. Too long though. Jul 28, 2008 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Difficult subject, but well pulled off. Too long though.
David Parkinson
Winner of the 1981 foreign lingo Oscar, Szabu's modern Faustian take is rather conventional in story and ideas, but it has strong emotional pull due to Brandauer's bravura performance. Jun 12, 2005 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Winner of the 1981 foreign lingo Oscar, Szabu's modern Faustian take is rather conventional in story and ideas, but it has strong emotional pull due to Brandauer's bravura performance.
Emanuel Levy
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