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.
as Hendrik Höfgen
as Barbara Bruckner
as Nicoletta von Niebuhr
as Tábornagy
as Juliette Martens
as Hans Miklas
as Otto Ulrichs
as Lotte Lindenthal
as Oskar Kroge, színigazgató
as Dora Martin, primadonna
as Motzné, tragika
as Rolf Bonetti, bonviván
as Angelika Siebert, naiva
as Rachel Mohrenwitz, drámai szende
as Ügyelõ
as Egy nagybankos neje
as Laura, szobrásznõ
as Theatre Party Attendant (uncredited)
as Davidson, kritikus
