The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

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Germany

Feature Film

Original Title: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

Writer/Director: Werner Herzog

Cinematographer: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Cast: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge, Michael Kroecher, Hans Musäus, Marcus Weller, Gloria Doer, Volker Prechtel

Based on a true story, Herzog’s socially satirical film paints a vivid portrait of Kaspar Hauser, a man raised in isolation, who is suddenly thrust into the world, barely able to walk and unable to talk, and passed from one benefactor to the next, who each struggle to come to terms with his innate logic in the wake of their own religion-tainted, bourgeois outlooks. Iain.Stott