The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Synopsis
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
Cast
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Bruno S.
as Kaspar Hauser
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Walter Ladengast
as Professor Daumer
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Brigitte Mira
as Haushälterin Käthe
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Willy Semmelrogge
as Ringmaster
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Kidlat Tahimik
as Hombrecito, the Indian
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Hans Musäus
as Unknown Man
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Michael Kroecher
as Lord Stanhope
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Henry van Lyck
as Calvary Captain
- Enno Patalas as Pastor Fuhrmann
- Volker Elis Pilgrim as Pastor #2
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Volker Prechtel
as Hiltel, the prison guard
- Gloria Doer as Frau Hiltel
- Helmut Döring as Little King
- Andi Gottwald as young Mozart
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Herbert Achternbusch
as country boy #1
- Wolfgang Bauer as country boy #2
- Walter Steiner as country boy #3
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Clemens Scheitz
as Registrar
Crew
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Werner Herzog
Director
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Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Director of Photography
- Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Editor
- Popol Vuh Original Music Composer
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Werner Herzog
Producer
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Werner Herzog
Screenplay
