The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Haifa Classics

"A mosaic of striking behavior and images"

Roger Ebert
  • Archive - Festival 39
  • Director: Werner Herzog
  • : ©Werner Herzog Film
  • West Germany 1974
  • 110 minutes
  • German
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser was inspired by the case of Kaspar Hauser, a real-life “wild child” who appeared as a teenager in 1828 in the streets of Nuremberg, claiming to have been raised since infancy in a small dark cell, divorced from all contact with the outside world. Sparking the curiosity of a compassionate schoolmaster, who attempted to civilize this strange creature, Kaspar soon became a cause célèbre.

Built around a hypnotic central performance by the late Bruno S., a street performer who had spent much of his life in a mental institution, The Enigma of Kaspar Huaser is an unforgettable meditation on the nature of civilization and the fine line between sanity and madness.

Filmography: Queen of the Desert (2015), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), Stroszek (1977), Heart of Glass (1976), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972).

 

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  • Director Werner Herzog
  • Production Werner Herzog
  • Script Werner Herzog
  • Cinematography Klaus Wyborny, Werner Herzog, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
  • Editing Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
  • Music Popol Vuh
  • Actors Brigitte Mira, Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Hans Musäus
  • Source CineStage