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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
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THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER

Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

Directed by Werner Herzog
West Germany, 1974
Drama, Biography

Synopsis

Kaspar Hauser lives locked in a cellar, where he cannot see or speak to anyone. One day, a mysterious man pulls him out, teaches him to walk and talk, and then leaves him in the middle of a town square with a letter in his hand addressed to the authorities. Kaspar’s journey begins…

Synopsis

Kaspar Hauser lives locked in a cellar, where he cannot see or speak to anyone. One day, a mysterious man pulls him out, teaches him to walk and talk, and then leaves him in the middle of a town square with a letter in his hand addressed to the authorities. Kaspar’s journey begins…

Our take

Werner Herzog won the Grand Prix at Cannes for this comic, wondrous adventure from life-long isolation out into the world, starring Berlin street musician Bruno S. in the lead role. In German, the title is Every Man for Himself and God Against All—it doesn’t get much more Herzogian than this!