Tag: István Szabó

Mephisto Script

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Year:1981
Director:István Szabó
Written by:Péter Dobai (Screenplay), Klaus Mann (Novel), István Szabó (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis: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.
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Sunshine (1999) Script

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Year:1999
Director:István Szabó
Written by:Israel Horovitz (Screenplay), István Szabó (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage.
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