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The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
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THE LEGEND OF KASPAR HAUSER

La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser

Directed by Davide Manuli
Italy, 2012
Drama, Western, Mystery

Synopsis

The tracksuit and headphone-wearing Kaspar Hauser washes up on the beach of an almost uninhabited island, where he is found and received as the messiah by The Sheriff who is also a DJ. The Duchess, who rules the tiny community, feels threatened by the blond boy and sends The Pusher to fix things.

Synopsis

The tracksuit and headphone-wearing Kaspar Hauser washes up on the beach of an almost uninhabited island, where he is found and received as the messiah by The Sheriff who is also a DJ. The Duchess, who rules the tiny community, feels threatened by the blond boy and sends The Pusher to fix things.

Our take

The spaghetti western meets electronic music in the quirky third film by Davide Manuli. Re-elaborating the old German myth of the ‘Forest Boy’—also the subject of Herzog’s 1974 tartly comic masterpiece—this episodic drama will soon qualify among your favourite cult gems from the new millennium.