Hanussen: Hitler's Astrologer (1988)
Hanussen
He saw the future. And it was war.
140 min
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?
- Release date
- October 13, 1988
- Country of origin
- Hungary, Austria, Germany
- Music
- Zdenkó Tamássy, György Vukán
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Cast
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Klaus Schneider
- Erland Josephson as Dr. Bettelheim
- Ildikó Bánsági as Sister Betty
- Walter Schmidinger as Propaganda chief
- Károly Eperjes as Captain Tibor Nowotny
- Grazyna Szapolowska as Valery de la Meer
- Colette Pilz-Warren as Dagma
- Adrianna Biedrzynska as Wally
- György Cserhalmi as Count Trantow-Waldbach
- Michal Bajor as Becker
- Jiří Adamíra as Rattinger
- Róbert Rátonyi as Prof. Gábor
- Gabriela Kownacka as Wife of Propaganda Chief
- Ewa Blaszczyk as Hennie Stahl
- Péter Andorai as Fabian
- Kalina Jędrusik
- Lajos Kovács
- Éva Kerekes
- Enikő Eszenyi
- Anikó Sáfár
- Pál Mácsai
- István Lénárt
- Miklós B. Székely
- István Szilágyi
- Sándor Zsótér
- László Szabó
- István Dégi
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Eric Jan Hanussen
Crew
- István Szabó · Director
- Péter Dobai · Writer
- Erik Jan Hanussen · Writer
- Paul Hengge · Writer
- Gabriella Prekop · Writer
- Artur Brauner · Producer
- Zdenkó Tamássy · Composer
- György Vukán · Composer
- Lajos Koltai · Cinematographer
- Zsuzsa Csákány · Editor
- Brigitta Kajdácsi · Editor
- Bettina Rekuc · Editor
- Éva Szentandrási · Editor
- József Romvári · Production designer