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Hanussen (1988)

2h 20m · 20 May 1988

He saw the future. And it was war.

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A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?

Movie ID10544
GenreDrama, Fantasy, History, Science Fiction
DirectorIstván Szabó
Main castKlaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági, Walter Schmidinger, Károly Eperjes, Grażyna Szapołowska, Colette Pilz-Warren, Adrianna Biedrzyńska
Release date20 May 1988
Release year1988
LanguageGerman
Duration140 min (2h 20m)
Rating6.5 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseZDF

Director: István Szabó
Writers: István Szabó, Péter Dobai

Top cast

Klaus Maria BrandauerKlaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen Erland JosephsonDr. Bettelheim Ildikó BánságiSister Betty Walter SchmidingerPropaganda Chief Károly EperjesTibor Nowotny Grażyna SzapołowskaValery de la Meer
Colette Pilz-WarrenDagma
Adrianna BiedrzyńskaWally György CserhalmiCount Trantow-Waldbach Michał BajorBecker Jiří AdamíraRattinger Róbert RátonyiProf. Gábor Gabriela KownackaWife of Propaganda Chief Ewa BłaszczykHennie Stahl Péter AndoraiFabian Kalina Jędrusik Lajos Kovács Éva Kerekes Enikő Eszenyi Anikó Sáfár

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