Istvan Szabo

An American officer is sent to interrogate the great German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler about his support of the Nazi regime during the Third Reich. At a time when other artists were forced to leave Germany or went into voluntary exile in protest, Furta...

Taking Sides (2001)

Istvan Szabo

Armin Rohde,Ulrich Tukur,Hanns Zischler,Birgit Minichmayr,Oleg Tabakov,Moritz Bleibtreu,R. Lee Ermey,Harvey Keitel,Stellan Skarsgard

General Drama,Drama

In the role that brought her amazing critical acclaim, Annette Bening stars alongside Jeremy Irons (from Kingdom of Heaven) and Bruce Greenwood (from I, Robot) in this "rare and refreshing" drama directed by Istvan Szabo.Bening is "Diva-licious" as the be...

Being Julia (2004)

Istvan Szabo

Annette Bening,Jeremy Irons,Leigh Lawson,Mari Kiss,Shaun Evans,Michael Gambon

General Drama,General Comedy,Drama,Comedy

In the early part of the 20th Century, Alfred Redl (a stunning performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer) ruthlessly rises from his peasant background to become a high-ranking member of the Imperial Austrian military. But when Redl is sent to spy on the Russi...

Colonel Redl (1985)

Istvan Szabo

Klaus Maria Brandauer,Hans Christian Blech,Jan Niklas,Gudrun Landgrebe,Armin Mueller-Stahl

Military Drama,Drama

When great-grandpa Sonnenschein (the name means "sunshine") bottled the cure-all elixir "A Taste of Sunshine", he established a family fortune and assumed his sons would continue the business. But great-grandpa's sons-and family members to come-had very d...

Sunshine (1999)

Istvan Szabo

Jennifer Ehle,Ralph Fiennes,Deborah Kara Unger,William Hurt,Rachel Weisz

Drama

In early 1930s Germany, ambitious stage actor Hendrik Hofgen (an extraordinary performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer) cares little for politics and lives only for his art. But when the Nazis begin their rise to power, he seizes the opportunity to perform p...

Mephisto (1981)

Istvan Szabo

Krystyna Janda,Karin Boyd,Rolf Hoppe,Gyorgy Cserhalmi,Peter Andorai,Ildiko Bansagi,Klaus Maria Brandauer

General Drama,Biography,General Foreign,Foreign,Drama