Mephisto is a 1981 Hungarian German Austrian drama movie directed by István Szabó and was based on the novel of the same name by Klaus Mann. It stars Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe, György Cserhalmi, Péter Andorai, Karin Boyd, Christine Harbort and won an Academy Award in 1982.