Hanussen

May 20, 1988

2h 20m

★ 6.3

He saw the future. And it was war.

Overview

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?

Genres

Science Fiction

History

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

ZDF

Hungarofilm

Mafilm

Mokép

Objektív Filmstúdió Vállalat

CCC Filmkunst

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Cast

Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Dr. Bettelheim

Erland Josephson

Sister Betty

Ildikó Bánsági

Propaganda Chief

Walter Schmidinger

Tibor Nowotny

Károly Eperjes

Valery de la Meer

Grażyna Szapołowska

Dagma

Colette Pilz-Warren

Wally

Adrianna Biedrzyńska

Count Trantow-Waldbach

György Cserhalmi

Becker

Michał Bajor

Rattinger

Jiří Adamíra

Prof. Gábor

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