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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
7.3(394)19741h 49m
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, 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.
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Writers
- Werner Herzog
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Cast

Bruno S.
Kaspar Hauser

Walter Ladengast
Professor Daumer

Brigitte Mira
Haushälterin Käthe

Willy Semmelrogge
Ringmaster

Kidlat Tahimik
Hombrecito, the Indian

Hans Musäus
Unknown Man

Michael Kroecher
Lord Stanhope

Henry van Lyck
Calvary Captain
Enno Patalas
Pastor Fuhrmann
Volker Elis Pilgrim
Pastor #2

Volker Prechtel
Hiltel, the prison guard
Gloria Doer
Frau Hiltel
Helmut Döring
Little King
Andi Gottwald
young Mozart

Herbert Achternbusch
country boy #1
Wolfgang Bauer
country boy #2
Walter Steiner
country boy #3

Clemens Scheitz
Registrar

Johannes Buzalski
Police Officer
Willy Meyer-Fürst
Doctor

Florian Fricke
Florian
Alfred Edel
Logic Professor
Franz Brumbach
bear showman

Herbert Fritsch
Mayor
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Crew
Directing
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Benedikt KubyAssistant Director
- Feli SommerScript Supervisor
Writing
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
Production
- Werner HerzogProducer
- Christian WeisenbornLocation Manager
- Walter SaxerProduction Manager
Camera
- Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinDirector of Photography
- Gunter FreyseStill Photographer
- Mike GastCamera Operator
Editing
- Beate Mainka-JellinghausEditor
- Martha LedererEditorial Production Assistant
Sound
- Haymo Henry HeyderSound Designer
- Popol VuhOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Henning von GierkeProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Gisela StorchCostume Design
- Ann PoppelCostume Design
- Susanne SchröderMakeup Artist
Crew
- Klaus WybornySecond Unit
- Christian WeisenbornProperty Master
- Peter van AnftSound Design Assistant
- Joschi ArpaProduction Office Assistant
Lighting
- Dietmar ZanderLighting Supervisor