Hanussen
- Released on
- Runtime
- 140 mins
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?
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
- Erland Josephson
- Ildikó Bánsági
- Walter Schmidinger
- Károly Eperjes
- Grażyna Szapołowska
- Colette Pilz-Warren
- Adrianna Biedrzyńska
- György Cserhalmi
- Michał Bajor
- Jiří Adamíra
- Róbert Rátonyi
- Gabriela Kownacka
- Ewa Błaszczyk
- Péter Andorai
- Kalina Jędrusik
Director
- István Szabó
Producers
- Artur Brauner
- Judit Sugár
Screenwriter
- István Szabó
- Péter Dobai
