The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Overview
The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), 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.
Reviews (2)
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
Right - despite the fact that this is based on an actual man and actual events, it is pretty aptly titled. Werner Herzog takes a bit of a punt with his chronology of the life of Kaspar Hauser (a strong performance from Bruno S.) but there are very few definites here except for the fact that we know ...
Wuchak (Rated: 6)
The real-life story of the mysterious Kaspar Hauser put to film by Werner Herzog
A young man shows up in the square of a town in Bavaria in 1828 (Bruno S.), but he can only speak a few words and can hardly walk. The note in his hand was from someone who cared for him near the Bavarian borde...
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