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Knife in the Head (1978)
Directed by Reinhard Hauff
Drama · 1h 48m
One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.
Cast
Bruno Ganz
Hoffmann
Angela Winkler
Ann
Hans Christian Blech
Anleitner
Heinz Hoenig
Volker
Hans Brenner
Scholz
Udo Samel
Schurig
E
Eike Gallwitz
Dr. Groeske
C
Carla Egerer
Schwester Angelika
Gabriele Dossi
Schwester Emilie
H
Hans Fuchs
Chefarzt
Gert Burkard
Institutsdirektor Ahrens
Karl Scheydt
Kommissar
Crew
- Director
- Reinhard Hauff
- Writer
- Peter Schneider
- Director of Photography
- Frank Brühne
- Editor
- Peter Przygodda
- Producer
- Eberhard Junkersdorf
Details
- Original title
- Messer im Kopf
- Release date
- 1978-11-17
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Neue Bioskop Film