About
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?
Theatrical
Mar 10, 1989
Director
István Szabó
Writers
István Szabó, Péter Dobai
Producers
Artur Brauner, Judit Sugár
Studio
ZDF, Hungarofilm, Mafilm, Mokép, Objektív Filmstúdió Vállalat, CCC Filmkunst
Original Language
HU
Cast
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Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen
E
Erland Josephson
Dr. Bettelheim
I
Ildikó Bánsági
Sister Betty
W
Walter Schmidinger
Propaganda Chief
K
Károly Eperjes
Tibor Nowotny
G
Grażyna Szapołowska
Valery de la Meer
A
Adrianna Biedrzyńska
Wally
G
György Cserhalmi
Count Trantow-Waldbach
M
Michał Bajor
Becker
J
Jiří Adamíra
Rattinger
R
Róbert Rátonyi
Prof. Gábor
G
Gabriela Kownacka
Wife of Propaganda Chief
E
Ewa Błaszczyk
Hennie Stahl
P
Péter Andorai
Fabian
K
Kalina Jędrusik
L
Lajos Kovács
É
Éva Kerekes
E
Enikő Eszenyi
A
Anikó Sáfár
P
Pál Mácsai
