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Seniors' paid matinee
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
+ intro by Geoff Andrew
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Bruno S is a compelling presence at the heart of Werner Herzog’s strange, striking and emotionally devastating tale.
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Director
Werner Herzog
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With
Bruno S, Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Clemens Scheitz
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West Germany 1974. 110min
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Digital
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Certificate
PG
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English subtitles
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A BFI release
Herzog’s acclaimed film about the near-legendary foundling of the title is also one of his most eloquent and moving. In 1828 a young man, barely able to walk or talk, appeared in Nuremberg clutching a note claiming his name was Kaspar; he soon became a figure of fame and controversy among doctors, scientists and others. Herzog resists speculating about Kaspar’s mysterious origins, focusing instead on the encounter between a wise innocent at the mercy of a society too sure of itself and the well-meaning but blinkered rationalists determined to shape his new life. Bruno S, himself something of an outsider, plays Kaspar to perfection, while Herzog’s incisive script and lyrical images produce a poignant account of purity imperilled by ‘civilisation’.
Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large
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