A mysterious youth appears in 1828 Nuremberg, barely able to speak. Who is Kaspar Hauser and what does his silence reveal?
In 1828, a bewildered young man named Kaspar Hauser emerges in Nuremberg, barely able to walk or speak, clutching a cryptic note. Claimed to have grown up in total isolation, he becomes a curiosity, then a scandal, as scholars and townsfolk project their theories onto him. Werner Herzog’s haunting drama explores innocence, civilisation and the cruelty of a society confronted by the unknowable.
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A profound and deeply unsettling masterpiece from Werner Herzog. Hypnotic, compassionate and quietly devastating, this is cinema that questions what it truly means to be human.
In My View: Werner Herzog’s Holy Fools (http://In My View: Werner Herzog’s Holy Fools)
