Hanussen

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?

6.205

140 min

Cast

Klaus Maria Brandauer

as Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen

Erland Josephson

as Dr. Bettelheim

Ildikó Bánsági

as Sister Betty

Walter Schmidinger

as Propaganda Chief

Károly Eperjes

as Tibor Nowotny

Grażyna Szapołowska

as Valery de la Meer

Colette Pilz-Warren

as Dagma

Adrianna Biedrzyńska

as Wally

György Cserhalmi

as Count Trantow-Waldbach

Michał Bajor

as Becker

Jiří Adamíra

as Rattinger

Róbert Rátonyi

as Prof. Gábor

Gabriela Kownacka

as Wife of Propaganda Chief

Ewa Błaszczyk

as Hennie Stahl

Péter Andorai

as Fabian

Kalina Jędrusik

Director

István Szabó