The film tells the story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who spends the first seventeen years of his life imprisoned and chained inside a cramped cellar, completely isolated from the outside world. With only a small toy horse for entertainment, he grows up without any human companionship, apart from a mysterious stranger dressed in a black overcoat and top hat who regularly brings him food.
- Directors
- Werner Herzog
- Cast
- Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge, Kidlat Tahimik, Hans Musäus, Michael Kroecher, Henry van Lyck, Enno Patalas, Volker Elis Pilgrim, Volker Prechtel, Gloria Doer, Helmut Döring, Andi Gottwald, Herbert Achternbusch, Wolfgang Bauer, Walter Steiner, Clemens Scheitz, Johannes Buzalski, Willy Meyer-Fürst
- Country
- Germany
- Genre
- Drama, History
- Release date
- 1974-11-01
- Studios
- ZDF, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Plot and Cast
The film tells the story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who spends the first seventeen years of his life imprisoned and chained inside a cramped cellar, completely isolated from the outside world. With only a small toy horse for entertainment, he grows up without any human companionship, apart from a mysterious stranger dressed in a black overcoat and top hat who regularly brings him food.
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