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Messer im Kopf (1978)
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5 February 1981 (Australia)
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One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police...
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A regrettably overlooked masterpiece
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bruno Ganz | ... | Berthold Hoffmann |
| Angela Winkler | ... | Ann Hoffmann |
| Hans Christian Blech | ... | Anleitner |
| Heinz Hoenig | ... | Volker |
| Hans Brenner | ... | Scholz |
| Udo Samel | ... | Schurig |
| Eike Gallwitz | ... | Dr. Groeske |
| Carla Egerer | ... | Schwester Angelika |
| Gabriele Dossi | ... | Schwester Emilie |
| Hans Fuchs | ... | Chefarzt |
| Gert Burkard | ... | Institutsdirektor |
| Erich Kleiber | ... | Pfortner |
| Karl-Heinz Merz | ... | Patient (as Karl Heinz Merz) |
| Ursel Lessoing | ... | Frau Schurig |
| Heinz Hürländer | ... | Kommissar (as Heinz Hurlander) |
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Knife in the Head
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108 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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West Germany:16 (f) |
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Bruno Ganz is astonishing as a man recovering from traumatic brain injury. His performance is more realistic than most cinematic depictions of brain injury (aside from the idea that brain surgery could have been performed without shaving his head!), which is in itself remarkable; the many ways in which there is a knife in his head, literally and figuratively and symbolically, add layers to an already brilliant performance.
Angela Winkler also shines in her complex and troubled relationship to the injured man.
It's been years since I saw this film, and yet it stays with me. I really want to see it again. I have to say I think it's a real shame that it was not more widely seen initially, and that it never seems to make it back to the revival houses...