Directed by:
Reinhard HauffScreenplay:
Peter SchneiderCinematography:
Frank BrühneComposer:
Irmin SchmidtCast:
Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech, Heinz Hoenig, Udo Samel, Carla Egerer, Karl Scheydt, Gabriele Dossi, Gert Burkard, Karl-Heinz Merz (more)Plots(1)
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. (Cohen Media Group)
(more)Cast
Bruno Ganz
Switzerland
Best movies:
In the White City (1983)
Les Ailes du désir (1987)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Angela Winkler
German Empire
Best movies:
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Danton (1983)
Hans Christian Blech
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
The Longest Day (1962)
Via Mala (1985) (series)
Heinz Hoenig
West Germany
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
Knife in the Head (1978)
Udo Samel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
La Rébellion (1993) (TV movie)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Carla Egerer
Best movies:
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Pioniere in Ingolstadt (1971) (TV movie)
Rio das Mortes (1971) (TV movie)
Karl Scheydt
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Gabriele Dossi
Germany
Best movies:
Knife in the Head (1978)
Pizza und Marmelade (2008)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Gert Burkard
German Empire
Best movies:
Starke Zeiten (1988)
Knife in the Head (1978)
Didi - Und die Rache der Enterbten (1985)
Karl-Heinz Merz
Best movies:
Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) (TV movie)
Coup de grâce (1976)
Knife in the Head (1978)
Erich Kleiber
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Strongman Ferdinand (1976)
Knife in the Head (1978)
Make Them Yodel, Baby (1973)
Hans Fuchs
Best movies:
Knife in the Head (1978)
Eike Gallwitz
German Empire
Best movies:
The Children of the Marshland (1999)
Knife in the Head (1978)
Tatort (1970) (series)