Knife in the Head

Messer im Kopf

West Germany

1978

108 Min

Color

1.66:1

German

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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SCR Reinhard Hauff, Peter Schneider

CAST Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech, Heinz Hoenig, Hans Brenner, Udo Samel, Eike Gallwitz

Despite the film’s English title Knife in the Head, Hoffman (Bruno Ganz), a scientist, is shot in the head by the police while he is trying to pick up his wife from a political rally. Upon awakening, Hoffman finds that he has lost all memory of who he is and why the police were after him. At first, he is also paralyzed, unable to move or care for himself. As he recovers the use of his faculties, his search to discover what was really at stake during the rally leads him to take some harsh measures of his own.

Director

Reinhard Hauff

Reinhard Hauff (born 23 May 1939) is a German Director, Writer and Producer. Hauff Concentrated early on TV work and has done numerous TV shows and entertainment broadcasts. His works, which were mostly carried out in the late 1960s to early 1990s, are known for their social and political commentary. Stammheim, which is based on the activities of the Red Army Faction (commonly called the Baader-Meinhof Gang) won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1986. He worked as an assistant director for Rolf von Sydow, Heinz Liesendahl and Michael Pfleghar. In 1973 he founded the production company Bioskop Film together with Volker Schlöndorff and Eberhard Junkersdorf. From early 1993 to early 2005 Hauff was president of the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie (dffb) in Berlin, Germany.

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Arsaib

14Oct11

"The power of Reinhard Hauff’s Messer im Kopt comes in large measure from a superbly crafted screenplay, penned by Peter Schneider, which engages the audience on so many different levels (neurological, psychological, political, sociological and aesthetic), while maintaining a high level of dramatic tension throughout. Another element in its impact is the extremely naturalistic and powerful performances of the actors, first and foremost that of Bruno Ganz..." —Robert M. Stowe (His piece on the film, "Knife in the Head: German Social Realism Meets Cinema Verité," is located here: http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2011/feature-articles/knife-in-the-head-german-social-realism-meets-cinema-verite/.)