Who is Kaspar Hauser in The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser / Heart of Glass?

Bruno S. plays Kaspar Hauser in the film.

What is The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser / Heart of Glass about?

THE MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER (aka EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL), 1974, New Yorker Films, 110 min. A landmark work of the New German Cinema, this film is based on a true story of a man found wandering the streets of Nuremberg in 1828. Lead actor Bruno S. was a former mental patient and street musician; the casting gives a startling edge to director Werner Herzog’s parable of innocence corrupted. HEART OF GLASS (HERZ AUS GLAS), 1976, New Yorker Films, 93 min. A town is thrown into despair when its industry, the manufacture of “Ruby Glass,” comes to a halt when the only man who knows the process dies. Director Werner Herzog had the whole cast minus one (Josef Bierbichler) hypnotized – all to get performances the likes of which no audience has ever seen before.

The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser / Heart of Glass

Name: The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser / Heart of Glass
Genre: Drama
Rating: 90

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Who directed The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser / Heart of Glass?: Werner Herzog

Who is Kaspar Hauser in The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser / Heart of Glass?: Bruno S. plays Kaspar Hauser in the film.

What is The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser / Heart of Glass about?: THE MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER (aka EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL), 1974, New Yorker Films, 110 min. A landmark work of the New German Cinema, this film is based on a true story of a man found wandering the streets of Nuremberg in 1828. Lead actor Bruno S. was a former mental patient and street musician; the casting gives a startling edge to director Werner Herzog’s parable of innocence corrupted.

HEART OF GLASS (HERZ AUS GLAS), 1976, New Yorker Films, 93 min. A town is thrown into despair when its industry, the manufacture of “Ruby Glass,” comes to a halt when the only man who knows the process dies. Director Werner Herzog had the whole cast minus one (Josef Bierbichler) hypnotized – all to get performances the likes of which no audience has ever seen before.