The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser(Movie, 1974)

Name: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1974
Duration: T01:49:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle" (German/DE)

1h 49min | Genres: Drama, History

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 128 votes)

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (German: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle; lit. Every Man for Himself and God Against All) is a 1974 West German drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno Schleinstein (credited as Bruno S.) and Walter Ladengast. The film closely follows the real story of foundling Kaspar Hauser, using the text of actual letters found with Hauser. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

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About The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany

Shot in: Dinkelsbühl

Plays in: Ansbach

Made by: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE)

Translated into 18 languages: Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/01/1974

Appearing Characters: Kaspar Hauser, Georg Friedrich Daumer, Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Cast: Bruno Schleinstein, Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge, Michael Kroecher, Hans Musäus, Volker Prechtel, Herbert Achternbusch, Wolfgang Bauer, Johannes Buzalski, Alfred Edel, Florian Fricke, Reinhard Hauff, Kidlat Tahimik, Enno Patalas, Clemens Scheitz, Henry van Lyck, Herbert Fritsch, Volker Elis Pilgrim, Walter Steiner, Andi Gottwald

Director: Werner Herzog

Producer: Werner Herzog

Screenwriter: Werner Herzog, Jakob Wassermann

Film Editor: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Director of Photography: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Composer: Florian Fricke

Sound Designer: Haymo Heyder

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"O Enigma de Kaspar Hauser"

"Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle"

"El enigma de Kaspar Hauser"

"L'énigme de Kaspar Hauser"

"Kaspar Hauser - var och en för sig och Gud mot alla"

"Every Man for Himself and God Against All"

"The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser"

Keywords: nuremberg, germany, liberation, curious

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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser(Movie, 1974)

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