The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Alternate title(s): Every Man for Himself and God Against All, The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser
Foreign Title: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Date: January 01, 1974 to December 31, 1974
Dates Note: 1974
Country of Origin: Germany
Place of Origin: West Germany
Languages: German
Color: Color
Silent: No
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Infinite Horizons: The Films of Werner Herzog
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For many critics, this is still Herzog’s finest film. Bruno S., a nonactor, gives an amazing performance as Kaspar Hauser, who, in the 1820s, suddenly appeared in a small German town, full-grown but seemingly a new-born child, unable to speak and barely able to stand. It is a film that stares straight into the mystery of human existence. “In Herzog the line between fact and fiction is a shifting one. He cares not for accuracy but for effect, for a transcendent ecstasy” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).

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