This little devil hangs over our dining table – making sure we eat properly. “Properly” can mean a Swiss cheese fondue. But whatever it is, little Mephistopheles is watching out for us while big Mephisto goes to the movies. while still others look on. Nothing … Continue reading Red Devils
Not so much a movie (although two movies exist with that title) but a character. Mephiso is of course, the devil in Faust I + II, the drama written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, generally considered the German play per se. I read it first at school (and loved it); I listened to the most famous production with Gustav Gründgens as Mephisto on lp so often that I know long stretches by heart; I used parts for auditioning pieces; I designed a stage for it – in other words, Faust and Mephisto have been with me for a long time.
There is a movie called Méphisto from 1931 with Jean Gabin, and Mephisto with Klaus Maria Brandauer, which won the 1982 Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
The above cinema in Ulm was named after the character.
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