Hanussen (1988)
He saw the future. And it was war.
Science Fiction · History · Drama · Fantasy
Story
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?
Hanussen Cast
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen
- Erland Josephson as Dr. Bettelheim
- Ildikó Bánsági as Sister Betty
- Walter Schmidinger as Propaganda Chief
- Károly Eperjes as Tibor Nowotny
- Grażyna Szapołowska as Valery de la Meer
- Colette Pilz-Warren as Dagma
- Adrianna Biedrzyńska as Wally
- György Cserhalmi as Count Trantow-Waldbach
- Michał Bajor as Becker
- Jiří Adamíra as Rattinger
- Róbert Rátonyi as Prof. Gábor