... themes be combined to create a high quality movie? Possibly. That is what director Istvan Szabo did. He directed the movie Mephisto in 1981, a movie about the life of a German actor during Nazi's rule pre-World War II. The movie was based on Klaus Mann's novel with the same title. The story of the main character in ... there was nothing he could do to escape from it without putting his life and career in jeopardy. Moreover, he just could not bear to separate with his present success and fame. He was trapped in the gigantic web of Nazi's treacheries and malice. He was losing his own libert...

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