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H\u00f6fgen has just performed in his first major role (Mephistopheles in Goethe\u2019s <em>Faust<\/em>) when the National Socialists come to power in Germany. H\u00f6fgen has to choose whether to continue his ascending career, even if in order to do so he has to cooperate with a political force that espouses views that he absolutely does not approve of; or stand up for his value judgements, which inevitably would also mean the end of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a very personal story for Klaus Mann because the character H\u00f6fgen is based on Mann\u2019s brother-in-law Gustaf Gr\u00fcndgens, the greatest German actor of that era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hungarian director Istv\u00e1n Szab\u00f3 made the film <em>Mephisto<\/em> in 1981 based on Mann\u2019s novel and it won the Oscar for the Best International Feature Film in that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manni romaani p\u00f5hjal valmis 1981. aastal Ungari re\u017eiss\u00f6\u00f6ri Istv\u00e1n Szab\u00f3 film \u201eMefisto\u201d, mis v\u00f5itis samal aastal parima v\u00f5\u00f5rkeelse filmi Oscari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","lavastus_tag":[],"venue":[396],"class_list":["post-11534","lavastus","type-lavastus","status-publish","hentry","venue-large-hall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Mephisto&quot; - Draamateater<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Klaus Mann&#039;s &quot;Mephisto&quot;, director Kertu Moppel. 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