Knife in the Head

Knife in the Head (1978)

Drama

One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.

Director: Reinhard Hauff

Casts

	Bruno Ganz as Hoffmann
	Angela Winkler as Ann
	Hans Christian Blech as Anleitner
	Heinz Hoenig as Volker
	Hans Brenner as Scholz
	Udo Samel as Schurig
	Eike Gallwitz as Dr. Groeske
	Carla Egerer as Schwester Angelika
	Gabriele Dossi as Schwester Emilie
	Hans Fuchs as Chefarzt
	Gert Burkard as Institutsdirektor Ahrens
	Karl Scheydt as Kommissar
	Erich Kleiber as Pförtner Arnold
	Heinz Hürländer as Kommissar

Crew