Hanussen

1988

2h 20m

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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?

Writers

István Szabó(screenplay by)
Péter Dobai(screenplay by)
Gabriella Prekop(dialogue by)
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Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Schneider
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Erland Josephson
Dr. Bettelheim
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Ildikó Bánsági
Sister Betty
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Walter Schmidinger
Propaganda Chief
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Károly Eperjes
Tibor Nowotny
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Grażyna Szapołowska
Valery de la Meer
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György Cserhalmi
Count Trantow-Waldbach
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Róbert Rátonyi
Prof. Gábor
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Gabriela Kownacka
Wife of Propaganda Chief
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Ewa Błaszczyk
Hennie Stahl

Writers

István Szabó(screenplay by)
Péter Dobai(screenplay by)
Gabriella Prekop(dialogue by)

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Release date

May 20, 1988 (United States)

Country of origin

Austria

Languages

German
Hungarian

Production companies

ZDF
Hungarofilm

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