The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Original title: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

19741974
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 50min

Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Biography Drama History

A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.

Director
- Werner Herzog
Writers
- Werner Herzog(book)
- Jakob Wassermann(uncredited)
Stars

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Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations

Hans Musäus and Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Hans Musäus and Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Hans Musäus and Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Bruno S. in Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)

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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. —Mike D'Angelo <mqd8478@is2.nyu.edu>

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Trivia
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.

Goofs
In a brief scene we see a stork eating a frog with its legs tagged (ringed), Bird ringing didn't start until the end of the XIX century, decades after the life of Kaspar Hauser.

Quotes
Opening caption: Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.

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?

Connections
Featured in I Am My Films (1978)

Soundtracks
Canon in D major
Composed by Johann Pachelbel

Top review

10/10

Werner Herzog: Like A Prophet

Not only is THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER Werner Herzog's best film but I also believe it to be the greatest film ever made along with Stanley Kubrick's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. KASPAR HAUSER has some of the most incredible and powerful images ever filmed.

The opening shot is that of a rye field blowing in the wind; we hear Pachelbel's 'Cannon' and the following words appear on the screen; "Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? The screaming men call silence." This sequence perfectly captures the spirit of this film; the beauty of suffering seen through the eyes of a human that is untainted and unformed by society.

This film changed my life. I now see the world with a new set of eyes. It has the most amazing photography, brilliant use of music and an amazing performance by Bruno S.; a schizophrenic street musician who never acted before and who had been incarcerated for most of his life.

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Release date
- November 1, 1974 (West Germany)
Country of origin
- West Germany
Language
- German
Also known as
- The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser
Filming locations
- Croagh Patrick, Westport, Mayo, Ireland
Production companies
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Gross worldwide
- $2,874

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Runtime
- 1h 50min
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1

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