Hanussen
1988, Hungarian. Directed by István Szabó.
He saw the future. And it was war.
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?
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Hungarian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- István SzabóDirector
- Klaus Maria BrandauerKlaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen
- Erland JosephsonDr. Bettelheim
- Ildikó BánságiSister Betty
- Walter SchmidingerPropaganda Chief
- Károly EperjesTibor Nowotny
- Grażyna SzapołowskaValery de la Meer
- Colette Pilz-WarrenDagma
- Adrianna BiedrzyńskaWally
- György CserhalmiCount Trantow-Waldbach
- Michał BajorBecker
- Jiří AdamíraRattinger
- Róbert RátonyiProf. Gábor
Details
- Released
- 20 May 1988
- Country
- Austria, Germany, Hungary
- Written by
- István Szabó, Péter Dobai
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Hanussen (1988) was directed by István Szabó and stars Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági.