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 talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.
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| Bruno S. | ... | Kaspar Hauser | |
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Walter Ladengast | ... | Professor Daumer |
| Brigitte Mira | ... | Kathe, Servant | |
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Willy Semmelrogge | ... | Circus director |
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Michael Kroecher | ... | Lord Stanhope |
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Hans Musäus | ... | Unknown Man |
| Henry van Lyck | ... | Cavalry Captain | |
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Gloria Doer | ... | Frau Hiltel |
| Volker Prechtel | ... | Hiltel the prison guard | |
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Herbert Achternbusch | ... | Bavarian Chicken Hypnotizer |
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Wolfgang Bauer | ||
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Wilhelm Bayer | ... | Taunting Farmboy |
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Helmut Döring | ... | Little King |
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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 talk 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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Country:
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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Werner Herzog Filmproduktion,Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF),Filmverlag der Autoren See more »
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MonoColor:
Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Later, he told of being locked in a dark cellar from birth. He had never seen another human being, a tree, a house before.
To this day no one knows where he came from - or who set him free.
Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence? See more »
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Werner Herzog's said at his Rogue Film School, that the following scenes were shot with a Super-8mm camera: a) The opening scene on the river. b) The montage of landscape shots early in the film. c) Right after the man in black teaches Kaspar how to walk. d) The Caucasus pyramid sequence. e) The caravan in the desert with the old man tasting the sand. Herzog talked about how, for some of the landscape shots early in the film, he mounted a telephoto lens on the end of wide angle lens onto his Super 8 camera. This distorted the edges of the images and created a white/halo effect around the frame. On the DVD audio commentary of this film, he mentions how for the Caucasus pyramid sequence he projected the image onto a screen and then re-photographed the image with a 35mm camera at a different frame rate from the projected speed. He also used this technique with the caravan in the desert sequence. See more »Goofs
After Kaspar is left in the town square, there is one shot of him where the way he holds the note, and the way the bandanna is tied, that is different from before or after. See more »Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: One Sunday in 1828 a ragged boy was found abandoned in the town of N. He could hardly walk and spoke but one sentence.Later, he told of being locked in a dark cellar from birth. He had never seen another human being, a tree, a house before.
To this day no one knows where he came from - or who set him free.
Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence? See more »
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A truely visionary work!!I have always been fascinated with the story that this film tells.Herzog seems to be an expert at showing the way that an outsider relates to the world.Bruno S. is amazing in the lead role , Herzog has definitely made the right casting choice.the movie is just a must for all fans of cinema,even if your not a Herzog fanatic you will still be moved by this extraordinary vision!!!