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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

109 mins

Rating

7.346/10

Release Date

01 November 1974

Country

Germany

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

Enno Patalas

Pastor Fuhrmann

Volker Elis Pilgrim

Volker Elis Pilgrim

Pastor #2

Volker Prechtel

Volker Prechtel

Hiltel, the prison guard

Gloria Doer

Gloria Doer

Frau Hiltel

Helmut Döring

Helmut Döring

Little King

Andi Gottwald

Andi Gottwald

young Mozart

Herbert Achternbusch

Herbert Achternbusch

country boy #1

Wolfgang Bauer

Wolfgang Bauer

country boy #2

Walter Steiner

Walter Steiner

country boy #3

Clemens Scheitz

Clemens Scheitz

Registrar

Johannes Buzalski

Johannes Buzalski

Police Officer

Willy Meyer-Fürst

Willy Meyer-Fürst

Doctor

Florian Fricke

Florian Fricke

Florian

Alfred Edel

Alfred Edel

Logic Professor

Franz Brumbach

Franz Brumbach

bear showman

Herbert Fritsch

Herbert Fritsch

Mayor

Wilhelm Bayer

Wilhelm Bayer

employee of the captain

Peter Gebhart

Peter Gebhart

man who finds Kaspar

Otto Heinzle

Otto Heinzle

old priest

Dorothea Kraft

Dorothea Kraft

little girl

Dr. Walter Pflaum

Dr. Walter Pflaum

Doctor #2

Dr. Heinz Niemöller

Dr. Heinz Niemöller

Doctor #3

Peter-Udo Schönborn

Peter-Udo Schönborn

crier

Markus Weller

Markus Weller

Julius

Reinhard Hauff

Reinhard Hauff

Bauer - role was cut

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