NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN's Klaus Maria Brandauer commands the screen in Istvan Szabo's trio of international breakthrough films about the seduction of power. In MEPHISTO, an actor does not realize until too late that it is he who has sold his soul reach the heights of artistic greatness in Nazi Germany. In COLONEL REDL, an officer comes up from his peasant background into the sphere of the Emperor but becomes entangled in the plots and schemes of the Archduke. In HANUSSEN, a performing psychic gains popularity in 1930s Germany and the attention of Hitler until he predicts one too many truths.
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ISTVAN SZABO Blu-ray specs:
- Disc One - Mephisto:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
- German and Hungarin LPCM 2.0 Mono Tracks
- Optional English Subtitles
- "Variations on a Theme [Variációk egy témára]" 1961 short film
- "István Szabó - The Director Answers" archival interview
- Hungarian Theatrical Trailer
- Disc Two - Colonel Redl:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
- German and Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono Tracks
- Optional English Subtitles
- "You [Te]" 1963 short film
- "Concert [Koncert]" 1963 short film
- "Remembrance of Production Designer József Romvári, directed by Sophy Romvari" documentary
- Hungarian Theatrical Trailer
- Disc Three - Hanussen:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
- German and Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English Subtitles
- "City Map [Várostérkép]" 1977 short film
- "The Central Europe of István Szabó" documentary short
- Hungarian Theatrical Trailer
- Comes in a slipcase with booklets for each film featuring essays by Hungarian cinema experts John Cunningham, Peter Hames and Catherine Portuges, plus journalist Stephen Lemons on the real-life Erik Jan Hanussen.
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