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Synopsis
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.
Title | The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser |
Companies | ZDF, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion |
Countries | Germany |
Keywords | liberation, nuremberg, germany, curious |

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 FuhrmannVolker Elis Pilgrim
Pastor #2
Volker Prechtel
Hiltel, the prison guardGloria Doer
Frau HiltelHelmut Döring
Little KingAndi Gottwald
young Mozart
Herbert Achternbusch
country boy #1Wolfgang Bauer
country boy #2Walter Steiner
country boy #3Clemens Scheitz
Registrar
Johannes Buzalski
Police OfficerWilly Meyer-Fürst
Doctor
Florian Fricke
Florian
Alfred Edel
Logic ProfessorFranz Brumbach
bear showman
Herbert Fritsch
MayorWilhelm Bayer
employee of the captainPeter Gebhart
man who finds KasparOtto Heinzle
old priestDorothea Kraft
little girlDr. Walter Pflaum
Doctor #2Dr. Heinz Niemöller
Doctor #3Peter-Udo Schönborn
crierMarkus Weller
Julius