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Walter Ladengast | ... |
Professor Daumer
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Lord Stanhope
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Frau Hiltel
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Hiltel the prison guard
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Herzog's film is based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to speak or walk, and bearing a strange note; he later explained that he had been held captive in a dungeon of some sort for his entire life that he could remember, and only recently was he released, for reasons unknown. His benefactor attempts to integrate him into society, with intriguing results. Written by Mike D'Angelo <mqd8478@is2.nyu.edu>
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West GermanyLanguage:
GermanRelease Date:
1 November 1974 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser See more »Company Credits
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Filmverlag der Autoren, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) See more »
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"This is the story of a soul", someone said and I agree because loneliness is here described through a slow moving plot and endless silences which make us see Kaspar Hauser not as a man but as something more sulfuric, almost a being from outer space. The performance of Bruno S. is simply moving and caused me a lot of tears and the use of time through the narration is perfect for a film of this kind. The poetic vision of Werner Herzog is very peculiar and unique and you can love it or hate it but you cannot ignore it. Herzog doesn't care about the audience, he tells what it wants in the way he likes and that's the praise and the defect of European cinema and it's what makes the difference between European authors and American ones.