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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Klaus Maria Brandauer as Hendrik Höfgen
Krystyna Janda as Barbara Bruckner
Ildikó Bánsági as Nicoletta von Niebuhr
Rolf Hoppe as Tábornagy
Karin Boyd as Juliette Martens
György Cserhalmi as Hans Miklas
Péter Andorai as Otto Ulrichs
Christine Harbort as Lotte Lindenthal
Tamás Major as Oskar Kroge, színigazgató
Ildikó Kishonti as Dora Martin, primadonna
Mária Bisztrai as Motzné, tragika
Sándor Lukács as Rolf Bonetti, bonviván
Ágnes Bánfalvy as Angelika Siebert, naiva
Judit Hernádi as Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende
Vilmos Kun as Ügyelõ
Hédi Temessy as Egy nagybankos neje
Teri Tordai as Laura, szobrásznõ
István Szabó as Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)
David Robinson as Davidson, kritikus
Irén Bordán as
Kati Sólyom as
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