Hanussen

István Szabó
1988-05-20

He saw the future. And it was war.
6.139
140 min

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

Name Character Team
Klaus Maria Brandauer Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen Unowned
Erland Josephson Dr. Bettelheim Unowned
Ildikó Bánsági Sister Betty Unowned
Walter Schmidinger Propaganda Chief Unowned
Károly Eperjes Tibor Nowotny Unowned
Grażyna Szapołowska Valery de la Meer Unowned
Colette Pilz-Warren Dagma Unowned
Adrianna Biedrzyńska Wally Unowned
György Cserhalmi Count Trantow-Waldbach Unowned
Michał Bajor Becker Unowned
Jiří Adamíra Rattinger Unowned
Róbert Rátonyi Prof. Gábor Unowned
Gabriela Kownacka Wife of Propaganda Chief Unowned
Ewa Błaszczyk Hennie Stahl Unowned
Péter Andorai Fabian Unowned
Kalina Jędrusik Unowned