The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
A mute orphan raised in total isolation escapes his subterranean prison and must navigate a bewildering world that both fears and exploits him, fighting to claim his own identity before it’s shattered forever.
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The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who spent the first seventeen years of his life chained in a small cellar, with only a toy horse for entertainment and no human contact except for a man in a black overcoat and top hat who provided him with food.
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Principal cast & crew: 14
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Edited by Beate Mainka JellinghausShot by Jorg Schmidt ReitweinDesigned by Henning Von Gierke
Also known as
- Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen allede
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauseren
- L'Énigme de Kaspar Hauserfr
- L'enigma di Kaspar Hauserit
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Cast & Crew
14 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Bruno S
as Kaspar Hauser
Walter Ladengast
as Professor Daumer
Brigitte Mira
as Kathe, Servant
Willy Semmelrogge
as Circus director
Michael Kroecher
as Lord Stanhope
Hans Musaus
as Unknown Man
Henry Van Lyck
as Cavalry Captain
Gloria Doer
as Frau Hiltel
Volker Prechtel
as Hiltel the prison guard
Herbert Achternbusch
as Bavarian Chicken Hypnotizer
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