Knife in the Head

1978

R

1h 48m

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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.

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Peter Schneider(writer by)
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Bruno Ganz
Hoffmann
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Udo Samel
Schurig
Eike Gallwitz
Dr. Groeske
Carla Egerer
Schwester Angelika
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Gabriele Dossi
Schwester Emilie
Hans Fuchs
Chefarzt
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Gert Burkard
Institutsdirektor Ahrens
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Karl Scheydt
Kommissar
Erich Kleiber
Pförtner Arnold

Writers

Peter Schneider(writer by)

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Release date

November 17, 1978 (United States)

Country of origin

Germany

Language

German

Production company

Neue Bioskop Film

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