Messer im Kopf (Knife in the Head) (1978)
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88% of users liked it
(142 ratings)
Despite the film's English title Knife in the Head, Hoffman (Bruno Ganz), a scientist, is shot in the head by the police while he is trying to pick up his wife from a political rally. Upon awakening, Hoffman finds that he has lost all memory of who he is and why the police were after him. At… More Despite the film's English title Knife in the Head, Hoffman (Bruno Ganz), a scientist, is shot in the head by the police while he is trying to pick up his wife from a political rally. Upon awakening, Hoffman finds that he has lost all memory of who he is and why the police were after him. At first, he is also paralyzed, unable to move or care for himself. As he recovers the use of his faculties, his search to discover what was really at stake during the rally leads him to take some harsh measures of his own. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Reinhard Hauff
- Written By
- Peter Schneider
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1978 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It starts out as a political thriller, but turns ugly into a psychodrama.
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Cast
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Bruno Ganz
as Dr. Berthold Hoffmann
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Angela Winkler
as Ann Hoffmann
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Hans Christian Blech
as Scholz
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Heinz Honig
as Volker
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Hans Brenner
as Scholz
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Udo Samel
as Schurig
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Eike Gallwitz
as Dr. Groeske
- Hans Honig
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Erich Kleiber
as Herr Arnold
