The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

1974•1h 49m•7.3/10

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7.3/10(362)

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.

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Production

ZDF, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Bruno S.

Bruno S.

Kaspar Hauser

Walter Ladengast

Walter Ladengast

Professor Daumer

Brigitte Mira

Brigitte Mira

Haushälterin Käthe

Willy Semmelrogge

Willy Semmelrogge

Ringmaster

Kidlat Tahimik

Kidlat Tahimik

Hombrecito, the Indian

Hans Musäus

Hans Musäus

Unknown Man

Michael Kroecher

Michael Kroecher

Lord Stanhope

Henry van Lyck

Henry van Lyck

Calvary Captain

Enno Patalas

Pastor Fuhrmann

Volker Elis Pilgrim

Pastor #2

Volker Prechtel

Volker Prechtel

Hiltel, the prison guard

Gloria Doer

Frau Hiltel

Helmut Döring

Little King

Andi Gottwald

young Mozart

Herbert Achternbusch

Herbert Achternbusch

country boy #1

Wolfgang Bauer

country boy #2

Walter Steiner

country boy #3

Clemens Scheitz

Clemens Scheitz

Registrar

Johannes Buzalski

Johannes Buzalski

Police Officer

Willy Meyer-Fürst

Doctor

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