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Moritz Bleibtreu to play devil of a role


August 18, 2009 German star Moritz Bleibtreu ("The Baader Meinhof Complex") has signed on to star as Mephisto, the devil, in Oskar Roehler's adaptation of the classic "Faust." Austrian director Phillip Hochhauser just completed a version based on the 19th century play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The actor starred in Roehler's "Elementary Particles" (2006) and "Agnes and his Brothers" (2004) and plays Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels in Roehler's "Jud Suss," currently shooting in Vienna.

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