The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Name: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1974
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.335

1974 · 109 min

Drama · History

★ 7.3

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Trailer

The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.

Crew

Director Werner Herzog
Screenplay Werner Herzog
Director of Photography Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Cast

Bruno S.
Kaspar Hauser
Walter Ladengast
Professor Daumer
Brigitte Mira
Haushälterin Käthe
Willy Semmelrogge
Ringmaster
Kidlat Tahimik
Hombrecito, the Indian
Hans Musäus
Unknown Man
Michael Kroecher
Lord Stanhope
Henry van Lyck
Calvary Captain
E
Enno Patalas
Pastor Fuhrmann
V
Volker Elis Pilgrim
Pastor #2
Volker Prechtel
Hiltel, the prison guard
G
Gloria Doer
Frau Hiltel

Crew

Director — Werner Herzog
Screenplay — Werner Herzog
Director of Photography — Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

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🔥 Hot takes

warming up the wall…

Intermission

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