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Reese witherspoon won a best actress academy award for her role as june carter, cash's long-suffering wifewith his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as deep and black as night, cash sang blistering songs of heartache and survival that were gutsy, full of real life and unlike anything heard beforeas he pioneered a fiercely original sound that blazed a trail for rock, country, punk, folk and rap stars to come, cash began a rough-and-tumble journey of personal transformationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe movie begins in , when a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who called himself jthat day kicked off the electrifying early career of johnny cashoxfam shop ulverston drama following the life of the legendary 'man in black', johnny cashin the most volatile period of his life, he evolved from a self-destructive pop star into the iconic 'man in black' - facing down his demons, fighting for the love that would save him time and again, and learning how to walk the razor-thin line between destruction and redemptionit was a moment that would have an indelible effect on american culturecash (joaquin phoenix) walks into the soon-to-be-famous sun studios in memphis
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Lee won a best director academy awardoxfam shop canterbury drama from academy award-winning filmmaker ang lee starring jake gyllenhaal and heath ledgerboth young men seem certain of their set places in the heartland, obtaining steady work, marrying, and raising a familysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet, they both hunger for something beyond what they can articulatewhen aguirre (randy quaid) dispatches them to work as sheepherders up on the majestic brokeback mountain, they gravitate towards camaraderie and then a deeper intimacybrand new in cellophaneset against the sweeping vistas of wyoming and texas, the film tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of , and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love
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Lee won a best director academy awardoxfam bookshop carlisle drama from academy award-winning filmmaker ang lee starring jake gyllenhaal and heath ledgerboth young men seem certain of their set places in the heartland, obtaining steady work, marrying, and raising a familysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet, they both hunger for something beyond what they can articulatewhen aguirre (randy quaid) dispatches them to work as sheepherders up on the majestic brokeback mountain, they gravitate towards camaraderie and then a deeper intimacyset against the sweeping vistas of wyoming and texas, the film tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of , and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love
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Larson won the golden globe award for best actress - drama and the bafta for best leading actress for her performancethe film was also nominated for four academy awards including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay with larson winning in the best actress categorythe film also stars joan allen and william hjoy realises jack is now old enough to learn the truth about their situation and together they plan to escape their captor old nick (sean bridgers)macy as joy's parentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut being in the real world comes with its own challengesjoy 'ma' newsome (larson) and her five-year-old son jack (jacob tremblay) have been living in a small room since jack was born, meaning he has no knowledge of the outside worldoxfam shop colne road brie larson stars in this drama adapted by emma donoghue from her own novel about a mother and son who have been held captive for five years
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The film received five academy award nominations, including best actress, for meryl streep; she also received the golden globe award for best actressback cover has minimal stains, otherwise the book has "fine" condition, dust jacket "near fine" due to minimal wear on the endsthe dust jacket is not price-clippedmade into a film in starring meryl streep and jeremy ironscondition; excellent copy of this first uk edition with a very good dust jacketthis was a huge success; the screenplay was done by harold pinter (who was subsequently nominated as a nobel laureate)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe film established fowles' international reputationrare in this beautiful condition! ¶ in "the french lieutenant's woman", the english writer john fowles () makes a groundbreaking work of historical fiction set in the victorian era; considered an example of historiographical metafiction, the novel uses real historical events to shape the literary narrative surrounding fowle's fictional charactersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a major film starring brie larson, winner of the academy award for best actress and the best actress baftashortlisted for the man booker prize, the orange prize and a richard and judy book club selectionthey don't have the keyhe lives with his masee oxfam website for delivery information read morejack and ma are prisonersthey live in a single, locked roomroom by emma donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedom
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Oxfam bookshop hertford a major film starring brie larson, winner of the academy award for best actress and the best actress baftashortlisted for the man booker prizeshortlisted for the orange prizejack is fivewhen it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days' audrey niffenegger, author of the time traveler's wife see oxfam website for delivery information read more'room is a book to read in one sittingroom by emma donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedomhe lives in a single, locked room with his ma
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The film was also nominated for 14 academy awards, winning six including best actress (stone), best director (chazelle) and best original music score (justin hurwitz)the film was nominated for eleven baftas, winning five including best film, best director (chazelle) and best leading actress (stone), and seven golden globe awards, winning in all seven categories including best motion picture - comedy or musical, best performance by an actor in a motion picture - comedy or musical (gosling) and best performance by an actress in a motion picture - comedy or musical (stone)aspiring actress mia (stone) and jazz musician sebastian (gosling) are both down on their luck in los angeles, a city of broken dreamssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the rocky road of pursuing their dreams may prove too much strain for their budding romance to bearoxfam shop gillingham damien chazelle writes and directs this romantic musical starring emma stone and ryan goslingthe two soon fall in love as they strive to truly make something of themselvestired of being rejected in auditions and reduced to serving stars their coffees, mia stumbles into a jazz club to the entrancing melody of a piano being played within; there she finds sebastian, who is being discarded by his boss
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The film was also nominated for 14 academy awards, winning six including best actress (stone), best director (chazelle) and best original music score (justin hurwitz)the film was nominated for eleven baftas, winning five including best film, best director (chazelle) and best leading actress (stone), and seven golden globe awards, winning in all seven categories including best motion picture - comedy or musical, best performance by an actor in a motion picture - comedy or musical (gosling) and best performance by an actress in a motion picture - comedy or musical (stone)aspiring actress mia (stone) and jazz musician sebastian (gosling) are both down on their luck in los angeles, a city of broken dreamssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the rocky road of pursuing their dreams may prove too much strain for their budding romance to bearthe two soon fall in love as they strive to truly make something of themselvesoxfam books & music troon damien chazelle writes and directs this romantic musical starring emma stone and ryan goslingtired of being rejected in auditions and reduced to serving stars their coffees, mia stumbles into a jazz club to the entrancing melody of a piano being played within; there she finds sebastian, who is being discarded by his boss
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Will the experience of caring for his father help oliver overcome the fears of commitment that have dogged his relationships to date? plummer received an academy award for best supporting actor for his performanceoxfam shop kingsthorpe mike mills writes and directs this semi-autobiographical comedy drama starring ewan mcgregor and christopher plummeras oliver strives to make sense of his father's life he meets anna (mélanie laurent), a kooky french actress, and the pair begin a relationshipsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe film finds 30-something graphic designer and commitment-phobe oliver (mcgregor) in a period of transition, having recently lost both parentsoliver particularly struggles with the legacy of his father, hal (plummer), who in the years following his wife's death came out of the closet and embarked on a relationship with a younger man, andy (goran visnjic), before succumbing to prostate cancer
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The film won four academy awards including best actress in a leading role (leigh), best actress in a supporting role (hunter) and best actor in a supporting role (malden) and was nominated for a further eightin excellent conditionoxfam shop inverness marlon brando and vivien leigh star in this adaptation of tennessee williams' play directed by elia kazanseemingly lost and broke, southern belle blanche dubois (leigh) travels to new orleans to visit her pregnant sister, stella kowalski (kim hunter)Â see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe tension between blanche and stanley builds, reaching its climax when stella is taken into hospital and the pair are left alone togetherstella's brutish husband, stanley (brando), resents blanche's presence, and is unhappy when she begins seeing his friend, mitch (karl malden)
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Both streep and roberts received oscar nominations for their performances in the best actress and best supporting actress categories, respectivelyoxfam shop gillingham academy award-nominated drama directed by john wellsit isn't long before they find that he has commited suicide and the rest of the family then come to pay their last regards at the funeralsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ensemble cast includes julia roberts, ewan mcgregor, juliette lewis, chris cooper and benedict cumberbatchmembers of the weston family reunite at their family home in osage county, oklahoma when their troubled poet father beverly (sam shepard) goes missingleaving his outspoken and drug-addicted wife violet (meryl streep) behind, the rest of the family feel obligated to stay with her while she grieves for her husbandbut living in such close proximity is a test for any grown family, and it isn't long before cracks in their relationships begin to appear
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Both streep and roberts received oscar nominations for their performances in the best actress and best supporting actress categories, respectivelyoxfam shop syston academy award-nominated drama directed by john wellsit isn't long before they find that he has commited suicide and the rest of the family then come to pay their last regards at the funeralsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ensemble cast includes julia roberts, ewan mcgregor, juliette lewis, chris cooper and benedict cumberbatchmembers of the weston family reunite at their family home in osage county, oklahoma when their troubled poet father beverly (sam shepard) goes missingleaving his outspoken and drug-addicted wife violet (meryl streep) behind, the rest of the family feel obligated to stay with her while she grieves for her husbandbut living in such close proximity is a test for any grown family, and it isn't long before cracks in their relationships begin to appear
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Band leader of the e street band is an oscar and tony award winner and a 20-time grammy winnergrammy "best rock vocal performance "best rock vocal performance "best male rock vocal performance" "best contemporary folk album" "best male rock vocal performance" and "best rock song" "best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal" "best solo rock vocal performance" "best solo rock vocal performance" "best traditional folk album" “best performances by an artist” “best rock song” "best solo rock vocal performance" oscar academy award for "best original song" for streets of philadelphia from the film philadelphiabruce springsteen(original autograph) (ecxellent condition) signed in black on a picture of a live performance (later at his concert in the madison square garden june /) comes in a in a beautiful "passepartout" original size 16 inch x 12 inch (40,5 x 30, 5 cm) with coa (certificate of authenticity aftal and uacc) the item is specially packaged and delivered insured unique item from "the boss" read morebruce frederick joseph springsteen (born september new jersey) is an american rock musicianour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablespringsteen received several awards and accolades during his almost 40-year career, including 20 grammy awards,and an oscar in for the song streets of philadelphia,which is part of the music of the film philadelphia
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The song was a critical triumph and went on to win the academy award for best original song[1] and four grammy awards, song of the year, best rock song, best rock vocal performance, solo, and best song written specifically for a motion picture or televisionultra rare riaa gold '45 award for bruce springsteen's "streets of philadelphia" presented to the boss himself on aprilour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepostage is secured and tracked by dhl, ups or dutch post read more100 songs survey of top tunes in american cinemaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin it finished at #68 on afi's 100 years"streets of philadelphia" is a song written and performed by american rock musician bruce springsteen for the film philadelphia (), an early mainstream film dealing with hiv/aidsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablereleased as a single in , the song was a hit in many countries, particularly canada, france, germany, ireland and norway, where it topped the singles charts
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The film was nominated for oscars for best picture, best actress (dench), best adapted screenplay and best original score and won the bafta for best adapted screenplayoxfam shop wolverhampton steve coogan and judi dench star in this academy award-nominated drama about a mother's search for the child she was forced to give up years beforesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredirector stephen frears' drama, based on former bbc political correspondent martin sixsmith's book 'the lost child of philomena lee', follows sixsmith (coogan) as he sets out to help lee (dench) in her search for the illegitimate son who was taken from her by the catholic church when she fell pregnant inas the trail eventually leads them to the united states and her son's remarkable story, the pair find that, despite their age difference, they begin to form a deep, enduring bond
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The film was nominated for oscars for best picture, best actress (dench), best adapted screenplay and best original score and won the bafta for best adapted screenplayoxfam shop herne bay steve coogan and judi dench star in this academy award-nominated drama about a mother's search for the child she was forced to give up years beforesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredirector stephen frears' drama, based on former bbc political correspondent martin sixsmith's book 'the lost child of philomena lee', follows sixsmith (coogan) as he sets out to help lee (dench) in her search for the illegitimate son who was taken from her by the catholic church when she fell pregnant inas the trail eventually leads them to the united states and her son's remarkable story, the pair find that, despite their age difference, they begin to form a deep, enduring bond
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It was nominated for seven academy awards and won four, including best picture and best original screenplaythe film is also notable for its memorable electronic theme tune by vangelis, who won the academy award for best original scoreoxfam emporium manchester chariots of fire is a british historical drama filmsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreben cross and ian charleson starred as abrahams and liddell, alongside nigel havers, ian holm, lindsay anderson, john gielgud, cheryl campbell, and alice krige in supporting rolesit is ranked 19th in the british film institute's list of top 100 british filmsthe film was conceived and produced by david puttnam, written by colin welland, and directed by hugh hudsonit tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the olympics: eric liddell, a devout scottish christian who runs for the glory of god, and harold abrahams, an english jew who runs to overcome prejudice
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The film won five academy awards including best picture, best actor (nicholson) and best actress (fletcher)oxfam shop ulverston milos forman's acclaimed adaptation of the ken kesey novelsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere he sets about leading his fellow inmates in a revolt against the cold and inflexible nurse ratched (louise fletcher) and the hospital's systematic oppression of its patientsafter being imprisoned for statutory rape, an unrepentant randle patrick mcmurphy (jack nicholson) is transferred to a state mental hospital where he must serve out the remainder of his sentence
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The film won the golden globe award for best animated feature film and the bafta and academy award for best animated filmwhen eleven-year-old riley (kaitlyn dias) is forced to relocate to san francisco after her dad gets a new job she has trouble adjusting to her new surroundingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, after a slight mishap at headquarters the situation gets out of hand, causing riley's emotional state to worsenwill the five emotions be able to restore order and make riley feel better about her new life? the voice cast also includes richard kind, diane lane, kyle maclachlan and frank ozoxfam shop kendal award-winning animated comedy drama from disney/pixar featuring the voice talents of amy poehler, phyllis smith, bill hader, lewis black and mindy kalingher emotions - joy (poehler), sadness (smith), fear (hader), anger (black) and disgust (kaling) - that reside in headquarters, the control centre of her mind, try to help her navigate her way through the big change
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The film won three academy awards including best picture, unique and artistic production and best actress in a leading role (gaynor)george o'brien stars as a young farmer who falls for the woman from the city (margaret livingstone) and agrees to murder his wife (janet gaynor) by drowning heroxfam bookshop aberystwyth fsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremurnau directs this silent romantic dramahe is unable to fulfil his plan though, and instead reconciles with hertogether they embark on a celebratory adventure in the city, but on their way home the wife is lost overboard in a storm and believed drownedthe woman from the city arrives to claim the man, believing he has committed murder for her; but word arrives that his wife has been saved and he rushes to her side
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The film won the academy award for best sound and was nominated for six others including best supporting actor (chill wills), best cinematography and best picture
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Daniel day-lewis won the academy award, a golden globe and a bafta for best actor for his performanceoxfam shop ulverston steven spielberg's academy award-winning political biopic stars daniel day-lewis as america's 16th president abraham lincolnsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe supporting cast includes sally field as lincoln's wife mary, joseph gordon-levitt as lincoln's son robert and tommy lee jones as radical republican congressional leader thaddeus stevensthe film focuses on the last few months of lincoln's life, which not only saw the ending of slavery despite dogged opposition from many inside lincoln's own cabinet, but also the union victory in the american civil war
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The film was nominated for an academy award in the category best original song and won the corresponding award at the golden globessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile training as a lawyer, mandela becomes increasingly aware of the injustice suffered by black south africans in a country run almost exclusively by whiteshis relationships with like-minded spirits such as his wife winnie (naomie harris) fuel his radicalism and lead him into a conflict with the authorities that sees him imprisoned on robben island with other anti-apartheid activists for over a decadeidris elba stars as mandela, who grows up in a nation divided by racial segregation laws but doesn't become politicised until his university yearsoxfam shop oxford justin chadwick directs this award-winning biopic of the former south african president and key anti-apartheid activist nelson mandelawith unrest growing throughout the nation, mandela becomes an increasingly influential figure despite his imprisonment, leading him to hope that he may yet lead his people on the walk to freedom
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Daniel day-lewis won the academy award, a golden globe and a bafta for best actor for his performanceoxfam shop colne road steven spielberg's academy award-winning political biopic stars daniel day-lewis as america's 16th president abraham lincolnsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe supporting cast includes sally field as lincoln's wife mary, joseph gordon-levitt as lincoln's son robert and tommy lee jones as radical republican congressional leader thaddeus stevensthe film focuses on the last few months of lincoln's life, which not only saw the ending of slavery despite dogged opposition from many inside lincoln's own cabinet, but also the union victory in the american civil war
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The film won the academy award for best animated featureoxfam bookshop cheltenham academy award-winning animated comedy by walt disney studios featuring the voice talents of scott adsit and ryan potter14-year-old robotics genius hiro hamada (potter) spends his days being a typical teenager, getting into fights and struggling to cope with his changing bodywhen his older brother tadashi (daniel henney) becomes concerned that his brother is wasting his potential, he takes him to the robotics lab at his university where he introduces him to baymax (adsit), an inflatable robot created and developed by tadashi himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprogrammed to take care of humans, baymax starts to work with hiro and encourages him to focus on his invention of microbotswhen hiro and baymax discover that someone has been copying his ideas and creating microbots of their own, the pair team up to find the masked assailant
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Joan hickson's gentle portrayal is the most popular miss marple ever, winning her loyal fans around the world and a best actress award from the royal television society50 from paddington, they do it with mirrors, a carribean mystery, the mirror cracked from side to side see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis boxset contains the following mysteries: contains: body in the library, moving finger, a murder is announced, a pocketful of rye, the murder at the vicarage, sleeping murder, at bertram's hotel, nemesis, 4oxfam bookshop brighton classic murder mysteries by the queen of crime, agatha christie, filmed entirely on location and oozing period atmosphere
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One of the first post-war soviet films to receive any exposure outside the ussr, it won both the palme d'or and the best actress award (for tatyana samojlova) at the cannes film festival, and was nominated for two baftas the following yearyoung moscow couple veronika (samojlova) and boris (aleksey batalov) are deeply in love, but are separated when boris volunteers to join the army during world war iisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit went on to become a staple of the american arthouse repertory circuit into the swhile she waits for her lover to return, veronika is raped by his cousin, fyodor (vasily merkuryev), and later - having become resigned to the fact that boris will never return - agrees to marry himoxfam shop herne hill mikhail kalatozov's critically-acclaimed, romantic tragedy
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He was awarded the academy award for best actor for his performance in separate tables ()he may be best known for his roles as squadron leader peter carter in a matter of life and death, as phileas fogg in around the world in 80 days and as sir charles lytton, athis item may be collected or posted read morein he appeared in blake edwards' final "pink panther" films trail of the pink panther and curse of the pink panther, reprising his role as sir charles lyttonafter sandhurst he was gazetted a lieutenant in the highland light infantrydated: 1st october check no"the phantom", in the pink pantherborn in london, niven attended heatherdown preparatory school and stowe before gaining a place at the royal military college, sandhursthe first appeared as an extra in the british film there goes the bride ()from there, he hired an agent and had several small parts in films from to , including a non-speaking part in mgm's mutiny on the bountyhaving developed an interest in acting, he left the highland light infantry, travelled to hollywood and had several minor roles in filmniven appeared in nearly a hundred films, and many shows for tvthis brought him to wider attention within the film industry and he was spotted by samuel goldwyndavid niven this is an original/genuine/authentic hand signed cheque by david niven which has been stamped on the front by the bank of america ? los angeles and is over 54 years old? amount paid $0he also began writing books, with considerable commercial success255 payable to ?rca communications inc77 born: 1st march died: 29th july james david graham niven was an english actor and novelist who was popular in europe and in the united statesniven later appeared in the elusive pimpernel (), the toast of new orleans (), happy go lovely (), happy ever after () and carrington vhe appeared in a matter of life and death (), the bishop's wife () and enchantment (), all of which received critical acclaim() before scoring a big success as phileas fogg in michael todd's production of around the world in 80 daysniven resumed his acting career after his demobilisation, and was voted the second most popular british actor in the popularity poll of british film starsupon the outbreak of the second world war, niven returned to britain and rejoined the army, being re-commissioned as a lieutenant
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The film was the first hungarian film to win an academy award for best foreign filmas his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the nazi terror, the popularity of his character supersedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his nazi patronsreleased see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop harrogate mephisto directed by istvan szabo and starring klaus maria brandauer and krystyna janda mephisto follows a german stage actor which 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
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