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Hanussen (1988)

Hanussen (1988)

Science Fiction Drama Fantasy History

He saw the future. And it was war.

Release Date: 1988, May 20
Directors: István Szabó
Countries: Austria, Germany, Hungary
Production: ZDF, Hungarofilm, Mafilm, Mokép, Objektív Filmstúdió Vállalat, CCC Filmkunst
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Grażyna Szapołowska, Erland Josephson, Michał Bajor, Ildikó Bánsági, György Cserhalmi, Károly Eperjes, Ewa Błaszczyk, Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Gabriela Kownacka, Walter Schmidinger, Péter Andorai

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?

Keywords:

nazi germany nazism assassination clairvoyant clairvoyance