The Uprising
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Film / 1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Directed by
Werner Herzog
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Bruno S.Kaspar Hauser
Walter LadengastProfessor Daumer
Brigitte MiraHaushälterin Käthe
Willy SemmelroggeRingmaster
Kidlat TahimikHombrecito, the Indian
Hans MusäusUnknown Man
Michael KroecherLord Stanhope
Henry van LyckCalvary Captain
Enno PatalasPastor Fuhrmann
Volker Elis PilgrimPastor #2
Volker PrechtelHiltel, the prison guard
Gloria DoerFrau Hiltel
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Helmut DöringLittle King
Andi Gottwaldyoung Mozart
Herbert Achternbuschcountry boy #1
Wolfgang Bauercountry boy #2
Walter Steinercountry boy #3
Clemens ScheitzRegistrar
Johannes BuzalskiPolice Officer
Willy Meyer-FürstDoctor
Florian FrickeFlorian
Alfred EdelLogic Professor
Franz Brumbachbear showman
Herbert FritschMayor
Wilhelm Bayeremployee of the captain
Peter Gebhartman who finds Kaspar
Otto Heinzleold priest
Dorothea Kraftlittle girl
Dr. Walter PflaumDoctor #2
Dr. Heinz NiemöllerDoctor #3
Peter-Udo Schönborncrier
Markus WellerJulius
Reinhard HauffBauer - role was cut
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