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Critic David Parkinson
rated 6

hanks to cinematographer Lajos Koltai and art director Jozsef Romvari, Szabo brilliantly recreates the decadent worlds of the cinema/theatre and the inner-circle of the ruling elite in the Weimar and Nazi periods.

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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

The actor is played by Klaus Maria Brandauer, in a performanceof electrifying power; he makes us intensely fascinated by his character...

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Cast & Crew

István Szabó
As Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)
István Szabó
Director
Rolf Hoppe
As Tábornagy
György Cserhalmi
As Hans Miklas
Klaus Maria Brandauer
As Hendrik Höfgen
Krystyna Janda
As Barbara Bruckner
Péter Andorai
As Otto Ulrichs

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In 1930s Germany, a struggling actor named Hendrik Höfgen makes a Faustian bargain with the Nazi Party, sacrificing his conscience for the sake of his career. As he becomes a star of the stage and screen, he must confront the true cost of his success and the monstrous regime he has aligned himself with. A powerful and haunting tale of ambition, morality, and the seductive lure of evil.

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