The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974•1h 49m•7.3•Released
DramaHistory
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.
Director
Werner Herzog
Writer
Werner Herzog
Languages
German
Studio
ZDF
Cast
Bruno S.
Kaspar Hauser
Walter Ladengast
Professor Daumer
Brigitte Mira
Haushälterin Käthe
Willy Semmelrogge
Ringmaster
Kidlat Tahimik
Hombrecito, the Indian
Hans Musäus
Unknown Man
Michael Kroecher
Lord Stanhope
Henry van Lyck
Calvary Captain
Enno Patalas
Pastor Fuhrmann
Volker Elis Pilgrim
Pastor #2
Volker Prechtel
Hiltel, the prison guard
Gloria Doer
Frau Hiltel
Helmut Döring
Little King
Andi Gottwald
young Mozart
Herbert Achternbusch
country boy #1
Production
Company
ZDF
Company
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Producer
Werner Herzog
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