very good

Pat 2022-04-07 08:01:02

The film is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Klaus Mann, the son of the famous German writer and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann. This work was completed during Hitler's rise to power in 1933 and Klaus Mann's exile as an anti-Nazi writer. Based on the German actor Gustaf Gründgens, the book describes an actor famous for playing the devil Mephistopheles who developed by relying on the Nazi-controlled power system and selling his soul. story. Gustav Grugens was briefly married to Claus Mann's sister.
In the film, "Mephistopheles" has pure cognition of performance and pursuit of freedom, but all this changed after the Nazis came to power. Under the control of the Nazis, he lived in the entanglement and division of art and power, truth and hypocrisy, escape and convergence... Klaus Maria Brandauer, the actor who played "Mephistopheles" ) has contributed a great performance, and his body, language, and expression will truly make you feel the oppression that touches your heart from a frenzied, restless and careful opportunist.
The Nazis and communism are the greatest contributions that human beings have made to the world of the 20th century. In addition to bringing the largest human-made mass end of life in human history, they also strive to unearth the unprecedented and unbelievable evil in human nature and institutions.
Perhaps, those fanatics only need to provide them with an atmosphere or a little temptation to awaken and stimulate the "evil" in their hearts, and they usually use the words "freedom", "nation", "people" ”, “Motherland” and other seemingly infinitely beautiful words, in the name of “justice”, carry out criminal activities against humanity.

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  • Casey 2022-04-07 08:01:02

    inexplicably think of barry lyndon

  • Rico 2022-04-09 09:01:09

    The protagonist is just a tool and puppet of the Nazi prime minister, who is too naive to think that art has nothing to do with politics to save the oppressed, and is finally taken by the prime minister to the newly built gymnasium used as a theater, illuminating him with a strong spotlight and letting him run. Go and call his name, presumably trying to tease him and kill him

Mephisto quotes

  • Hendrik Hoefgen: What do they want from me now? After all, I am just an actor.

  • Hendrik Hoefgen: Am I not the most dreadful villain you have seen?