The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
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Prestige, grave, earnest and contemplative.
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Bruno S.Kaspar Hauser
- Walter LadengastProfessor Daumer
- Brigitte MiraHaushälterin Käthe
- Willy SemmelroggeRingmaster
- Kidlat TahimikHombrecito, the Indian
- Hans MusäusUnknown Man
- Michael KroecherLord Stanhope
- Henry van LyckCalvary Captain
- Enno PatalasPastor Fuhrmann
- Volker Elis PilgrimPastor #2
Crew
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
- Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinDirector of Photography
- Popol VuhOriginal Music Composer
- Beate Mainka-JellinghausEditor
- Werner HerzogProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Both prestige, grave, earnest.
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