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Director:
Writer:
Werner Herzog (writer)
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Release Date:
1 November 1974 (West Germany) more
Plot:
Herzog's film is based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828... more | add synopsis
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6 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Bruno S. ... Kaspar Hauser
Walter Ladengast ... Professor Daumer
Brigitte Mira ... Kathe, Servant
Willy Semmelrogge ... Circus director
Michael Kroecher ... Lord Stanhope
Hans Musäus ... Unknown Man
Marcus Weller
Gloria Doer ... Frau Hiltel
Volker Prechtel ... Hiltel the prison guard
Herbert Achternbusch ... Bavarian Chicken Hypnotizer
Wolfgang Bauer
Wilhelm Bayer ... Taunting Farmboy
Franz Brumbach
Johannes Buzalski
Helmut Döring ... Little King
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (West Germany)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (International: English title)
The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (International: English title) (dubbed version)
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Runtime:
110 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Opening caption: Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence. more
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Featured in Was ich bin, sind meine Filme (1979) more

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The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, 11 November 2001
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Werner Herzog's film deals with the true story of Kasper Hauser (Bruno S.), a young man who appears, supposedly out of nowhere in a small German town of Nuremberg in 1828. The film deals with Kasper's slow educational process and his introduction into polite society by Professor Daumer (Walter Ladengast). Kasper is a true outsider, and the film looks at the problems this creates (for example, Kasper is unable to believe that god could create the entire universe from scratch, so he his shunned by the church elders).

The films title (The Enigma of Kasper Hauser is just one of many others) seems to sum up the film perfectly. We never really know just who Kasper is and why the mysterious man wants to hurt him; the film ends up giving us more questions than answers. But the beauty of the film lies in the performance of Bruno S. his child like innocence and odd take on life is so pure and beautiful, I love the scene where he talks about how he sowed his name in seeds, and how someone had trodden on it. This seems to be a pretty clear metaphor for the film, how Kasper was crushed by the town folk, and used for social merit.

Herzog's visuals are also fantastic, from the soft focus opening of the boat on the lake; to Kasper's dream of the caravan at the end he fills the film with a mixture of the naturalistic and the surreal. No other director has given his films such an air of the hypnotic and the style works wonders with this story. Kasper Hauser is a beautiful, if at times painfully slow film, that gives us yet another interpretation of the outsider in society, definitely worth the watch.

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