A zoskupovanie indicií evil in Hitler's Germany. Hendrik Hofgen je muž obsessed s becoming a famous actor. When the Nazis come to power v Nemecku, he willingly renounces jeho Communist pasca a dezerts jeho wife a majstrovstvá v orde to keep on performing. Jeho diabolické performance ako Mephistopheles v Faust urobí, aby stepping-stone bol rok pre: atraktívnu pozornosť Hermann Goering, to vie, že Hofgen sa prispôsobil ako hlava State Theatre. Rewards - respect of the public, a castle - ako villa, a uplace v Berlin's highest circles - are beyond jeho wildest dreams. Ale moral moral consequences of betrayals to haunt him, turning his dreamworld into a nightmare.