Not RatedThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

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Play Time: 109 mins
Drama, History
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.

Original Title:Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Status: Released (1974-11-01)
Awards:5 wins & 3 nominations
Screen:Werner Herzog, Jakob Wassermann
Productions: ZDF, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Production Countries: Germany
Spoken Languages: Deutsch
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CinemaSerf

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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 fa ....

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Wuchak

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**_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 th ....

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