Kaspar Hauser (1996)

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Director Peter Sehr offers here another version of the origins of Kaspar Hauser, one of the most enigmatic characters in German history. According to this film, the title character is the real son of Duke Karl of Baden. Karl's brother Ludwig wants the throne for himself so he secretly orders a dying baby to be exchanged for the newborn heir. The real baby heir is promptly sent with a nurse to the countryside, but then is kidnapped by the Bavarians who are antagonistic to Baden. After Ludwig becomes a ruler of Baden, the young boy is kept in a cellar by the Bavarians, and then in 1828, after 12 years of confinement, he is brought to a square in Nuremberg in the early morning and left there alone. Unable to talk or walk, the young man is given the name Kaspar Hauser and is brought to the home of the kind professor Daumer, who teaches him to talk and introduces him to a civilized life. However, while the tension between the two rival countries increases, Ludwig of Baden sends his spies to seek out and eliminate the missing heir. Unlike Werner Herzog's The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, which treated the leading character as a mysterious man of the universe, this is a rather straightforward tale of political intrigue, where Kaspar is merely a pawn in someone else's wicked game, and the film barely rises above the level of a beautifully crafted costume drama.

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Cast

André Eisermann
as Kaspar Hauser
Udo Samel
as Daumer
Jeremy Clyde
as Lord Stanhope
Katharina Thalbach
as Comtesse Hochberg
Cécile Paoli
as Stefanie Von Baden
Katherina Thalbach
Uwe Ochsenknecht
as Ludwig van Baden
Hermann Beyer
as Feuerbach
Johannes Silberschneider
as Tutor Meyer
Hansa Czypionka
as Hennenhofer
Tilo Nest
as Carl von Baden
Dieter Laser
as Ludwig I. von Bayern
Dieter Mann
as Baron Wedel
Peter Lohmeyer
as Leopold von Baden
Anja Schiller
as Sophie von Baden
Gerd Lohmeyer
as Blochmann
Franz Baumgartner
as Mann
Katerina Brozova
Valerie Vail
as Dalbonne
Jan Skvar
as Kaspar as a Boy
Oldrich Vlach
as Mayor Binder
Svatopluk Matyás
Jennifer Chamberlain
as Eleonore
Jan Nemejovský
Ladislav Kreemer
as Zentner
Milan Riehs
Oldrich Slavik
as Medical Officer
Petr Skarke
Eva Zabelicka
as Mother Daumer
Zdenek Srstka
Jiff Schmitzer
as Anton
Vaclav Kotva
Jan Kehar
as Police Soldier
Jan Pohan
Milan Vagner
as Court of Appeals Man
Jan Slovák
Barbara Lukesov
as Josephine
Vaclav Mares
as Von Beerstett
Josef Stefl
Vaclav Vydra
Oldrich Bartik
Dana Bartunkova
Milan Charvat
Jaroslav Durek
Alice Dvorakova
Milan Findejs
Karel Habl
Stanislav Hajek
Karel Hlusicka
Karel Huraib
Gabriela Jeskova
Josef Jurasek
Lubomir Kostelka
Vaclav Kozibraska
Jan Kucera
Vaclav Legner
Jiri Lir
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