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.
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
