The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser German Jeder fr sich und Gott gegen alle lit. Every Man for Himself and God Against All is a 1974 German drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno Schleinstein and Walter Ladengast. The film follows the real story of foundling Kaspar Hauser quite closely, using the text of actual letters found with Hauser.

One day, in 1828, the same man takes Hauser out of his cell, teaches him a few phrases, and how to walk, before leaving him in the town of Nuremberg. Hauser becomes the subject of much curiosity, and is exhibited in a circus before being rescued by Herr Daumer Walter Ladengast, who patiently attempts to transform him.Hauser soon learns to read and write, and develops unorthodox approaches to logic and religion but music is what pleases him most. He attracts the attention of academics, clergy and nobility, but is then physically attacked by the same unknown man who brought him to Nuremberg. The attack leaves him unconscious with a bleeding head. He recovers, but is again mysteriously attacked this time, stabbed in the chest. ........

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