The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

CinemaSerf

7.0

January 28, 2024

Right - despite the fact that this is based on an actual man and actual events, it is pretty aptly titled. Werner Herzog takes a bit of a punt with his chronology of the life of Kaspar Hauser (a strong performance from Bruno S.) but there are very few definites here except for the fact that we know (or come to know) that he had spent most...

Wuchak

6.0

November 04, 2024

**_The real-life story of the mysterious Kaspar Hauser put to film by Werner Herzog_** A young man shows up in the square of a town in Bavaria in 1828 (Bruno S.), but he can only speak a few words and can hardly walk. The note in his hand was from someone who cared for him near the Bavarian border since he was an infant. It stated that...