Released:
1993-09-11

Overview:
In May 1828, a feral boy aged around 16 was found in Nuremberg. Kaspar Hauser, as he is called, can only speak a few indistinct words and knows nothing about his origins or family. The film depicts the - presumed - circumstances under which Hauser was held captive in complete isolation in a hiding place from infancy onwards. From this emerges the picture of an intrigue involving high circles of aristocratic society. Five years after his liberation, in December 1833, Kaspar Hauser died as a result of a stab wound inflicted by an unknown perpetrator.

Directors:
Peter Sehr, Gernot Roll

Runtime:
2h 19min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  André Eisermann
  as
  Kaspar Hauser
• 
  Udo Samel
  as
  Daumer
• 
  Jeremy Clyde
  as
  Lord Stanhope
• 
  Katharina Thalbach
  as
  Comtesse Hochberg
• 
  Johannes Silberschneider
  as
  Lehrer Meyer