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Knife in the Head

63 %|Nov 17, 1978|Drama

One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.

Featured Crew

Reinhard Hauff
Director
Peter Schneider
Writer
Frank Brühne
Cinematography
Irmin Schmidt
Music
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Producer

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Cast

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Bruno Ganz
Hoffmann
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Udo Samel
Schurig
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Eike Gallwitz
Dr. Groeske
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Carla Egerer
Schwester Angelika
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Gabriele Dossi
Schwester Emilie
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Hans Fuchs
Chefarzt
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Gert Burkard
Institutsdirektor Ahrens
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Karl Scheydt
Kommissar
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Erich Kleiber
Pförtner Arnold