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Mephisto
Book • 1936
The novel follows Hendrik Höfgen, a talented and ambitious actor with left-leaning sympathies, who abandons his conscience to ingratiate himself with the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis).
Höfgen's rise to fame and social status is juxtaposed with his moral corruption and betrayal of his principles, friends, and lovers.
The story is a thinly disguised portrait of German actor Gustaf Gründgens and explores themes of opportunism, moral compromise, and the Faustian pact with evil.
Höfgen's rise to fame and social status is juxtaposed with his moral corruption and betrayal of his principles, friends, and lovers.
The story is a thinly disguised portrait of German actor Gustaf Gründgens and explores themes of opportunism, moral compromise, and the Faustian pact with evil.
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Erwähnt von Joachim Telgenbüscher als Autor von "Mephisto", einem Roman über einen Schauspieler, der unter den Nazis Karriere macht.
Kriegsende 1945 (6/7) - Der Sommer der Freiheit
Im Podcast erwähnt im Zusammenhang mit der Frage, wie weit man sich mit Mächtigen arrangieren darf, um Karriere zu machen.
#5 2022 Über politische Kunst, Propaganda und totalitäre Drachen - mit Julya Rabinowich
