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Hanussen (1988)
Directed by István Szabó
“He saw the future. And it was war.”
Science Fiction, History, Drama, Fantasy · 2h 20m
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?
Cast
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen
Erland Josephson
Dr. Bettelheim
Ildikó Bánsági
Sister Betty
Walter Schmidinger
Propaganda Chief
Károly Eperjes
Tibor Nowotny
Grażyna Szapołowska
Valery de la Meer
Adrianna Biedrzyńska
Wally
György Cserhalmi
Count Trantow-Waldbach
Michał Bajor
Becker
Jiří Adamíra
Rattinger
Róbert Rátonyi
Prof. Gábor
Crew
- Director
- István Szabó
- Screenplay
- István Szabó, Péter Dobai
- Director of Photography
- Lajos Koltai
- Editor
- Zsuzsa Csákány, Brigitta Kajdácsi, Bettina Rekuc, Éva Szentandrási
- Producer
- Artur Brauner, Judit Sugár
Details
- Release date
- 1988-05-20
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, History, Drama, Fantasy
- Original language
- HU
- Spoken languages
- German, Hungarian
- Countries
- Austria, Germany, Hungary
- Production
- ZDF, Hungarofilm, Mafilm, Mokép, Objektív Filmstúdió Vállalat, CCC Filmkunst