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Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech, Heinz Hoenig, Hans Brenner ...( see more  see more... ) , Udo Samel , Eike Gallwitz , Carla Egerer , Gabriele Dossi

One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and en...( read more  read more... )ds up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Reinhard Hauff

Release Date: January 1, 1978

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    January 5, 2009
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    nominated for best foreign film by NBR

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