Kaspar Hauser (1993)
In May 1828, a feral boy aged around 16 was found in Nuremberg. Kaspar Hauser, as he is called, can only speak a few indistinct words and knows nothing about his origins or family. The film depicts the - presumed - circumstances under which Hauser was held captive in complete isolation in a hiding place from infancy onwards. From this emerges the picture of an intrigue involving high circles of aristocratic society. Five years after his liberation, in December 1833, Kaspar Hauser died as a result of a stab wound inflicted by an unknown perpetrator.
Directors:
Gernot Roll, Peter Sehr.
Writer:
Peter Sehr
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André Eisermann as Kaspar Hauser |
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Udo Samel as Daumer |
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Jeremy Clyde as Lord Stanhope |
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Katharina Thalbach as Comtesse Hochberg |
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Johannes Silberschneider as Lehrer Meyer |
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Peter Lohmeyer as Leopold von Baden |
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Dieter Laser as Ludwig I. von Bayern |
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Uwe Ochsenknecht as Ludwig von Baden |
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Hermann Beyer as Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach |
| Editing | Peter Windgassen | Editor |
| Directing | Gernot Roll | Director |
| Sound | Nikos Mamangakis | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Helga Poche | Editor |
| Writing | Peter Sehr | Screenplay |
| Editing | Dietrich von Watzdorf | Editor |
| Directing | Peter Sehr | Director |
| Production | Andreas Meyer | Producer |