Hanussen (1988)

Hanussen (1988)

He saw the future. And it was war. 1988-05-20 Austria, Germany, Hungary 140 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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?

Cast

Klaus Maria Brandauer is Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen
Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen
Erland Josephson is Dr. Bettelheim
Dr. Bettelheim
Ildikó Bánsági is Sister Betty
Sister Betty
Walter Schmidinger is Propaganda Chief
Propaganda Chief
Károly Eperjes is Tibor Nowotny
Tibor Nowotny
Grażyna Szapołowska is Valery de la Meer
Valery de la Meer
György Cserhalmi is Count Trantow-Waldbach
Count Trantow-Waldbach
Jiří Adamíra is Rattinger
Róbert Rátonyi is Prof. Gábor
Prof. Gábor