The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser poster
Director Werner Herzog
Screenplay Werner Herzog

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Original Title: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

Release Date: 1974-11-01

Duration: 109 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Bruno S.
    Kaspar Hauser
  • Volker Prechtel
    Hiltel, the prison guard
  • Brigitte Mira
    Haushälterin Käthe
  • Philippe Mareuil
    Doublure voix française de Michael Kroecher
  • Johannes Buzalski
    Police Officer
  • Alfred Edel
    Logic Professor
  • Walter Ladengast
    Professor Daumer
  • Willy Semmelrogge
    Ringmaster
  • Herbert Achternbusch
    country boy #1
  • Henry van Lyck
    Calvary Captain