The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

★ 7.3IMDb Score
Released:1974-11-01
Duration:109 min
Country:Germany
Director:Werner Herzog
Actors:Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge, Kidlat Tahimik
Production:ZDF, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Overview:

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.

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