The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

Name: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Cast: Brigitte Mira, Bruno S., Walter Ladengast

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Two years after his amazonic adventure, Herzog set out to film the strange real-life story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man found in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to speak or even walk. Herzog cast the borderline vagrant musician and painter Bruno S. as Hauser. A man perfect for the role as his childhood was similarly filled with traumatic events, even being experimented on by the nazi’s during Hitler’s rule. A hauntingly beautiful performance by S. is the center of this strange but compelling story. German Language with English subtitles.

Credits

Regie: Werner Herzog
Cast: Brigitte Mira, Bruno S., Walter Ladengast
Genre: drama, biografisch
Speelduur: 110 minuten
Land: Duitsland
Taal: Duits
Ondertiteling: Engels

Storyline

The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), 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.