The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
(1974)
★ 7.3 IMDb · 386 votes
Year: 1974
Runtime: 109 мин
Country: Germany
Director: Вернер Херцог
Cast: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Бригитта Мира, Willy Semmelrogge, Kidlat Tahimik, Hans Musäus, Michael Kroecher, Henry van Lyck, Enno Patalas, Volker Elis Pilgrim
Plot
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.
Herzog's film is based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note; he later explained that he had been held captive in a dungeon of some sort for his entire life that he could remember, and only recently was he released, for reasons unknown. His benefactor attempts to integrate him into society, with intriguing results.