

MovieDrama
Knife in the Head
6.2(23)19781h 48m
One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.
- Director
- Reinhard Hauff
- Writers
- Peter Schneider
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Cast

Bruno Ganz
Hoffmann

Angela Winkler
Ann

Hans Christian Blech
Anleitner

Heinz Hoenig
Volker

Hans Brenner
Scholz

Udo Samel
Schurig
Eike Gallwitz
Dr. Groeske
Carla Egerer
Schwester Angelika

Gabriele Dossi
Schwester Emilie
Hans Fuchs
Chefarzt

Gert Burkard
Institutsdirektor Ahrens

Karl Scheydt
Kommissar
Erich Kleiber
Pförtner Arnold
Heinz Hürländer
Kommissar
Crew
Directing
- Reinhard HauffDirector
Writing
- Peter SchneiderWriter
Production
- Eberhard JunkersdorfProducer
Camera
- Frank BrühneDirector of Photography
Editing
- Peter PrzygoddaEditor
Sound
- Irmin SchmidtMusic
Art
- Heidi LüdiProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Monika AltmannCostume Design