The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

109 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 1, 1974

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.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

109 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 1, 1974

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Original title Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Directors Feli Sommer, Benedikt Kuby, Werner Herzog
Writers Werner Herzog

Cast

Bruno S.

as Kaspar Hauser

Walter Ladengast

as Professor Daumer

Brigitte Mira

as Haushälterin Käthe

Willy Semmelrogge

as Ringmaster

Kidlat Tahimik

as Hombrecito, the Indian

Hans Musäus

as Unknown Man

Michael Kroecher

as Lord Stanhope

Henry van Lyck

as Calvary Captain

Enno Patalas

as Pastor Fuhrmann

Volker Elis Pilgrim

as Pastor #2

Volker Prechtel

as Hiltel, the prison guard

Gloria Doer

as Frau Hiltel

Helmut Döring

as Little King

Andi Gottwald

as young Mozart

Herbert Achternbusch

as country boy #1

Wolfgang Bauer

as country boy #2

Walter Steiner

as country boy #3

Clemens Scheitz

as Registrar

Johannes Buzalski

as Police Officer

Willy Meyer-Fürst

as Doctor

Florian Fricke

as Florian

Alfred Edel

as Logic Professor

Franz Brumbach

as bear showman

Herbert Fritsch

as Mayor

Wilhelm Bayer

as employee of the captain

Peter Gebhart

as man who finds Kaspar

Otto Heinzle

as old priest

Dorothea Kraft

as little girl

Dr. Walter Pflaum

as Doctor #2

Dr. Heinz Niemöller

as Doctor #3

Markus Weller

as Julius

Reinhard Hauff

as Bauer - role was cut