The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
Cast
Bruno S.
Kaspar Hauser
Walter Ladengast
Professor Daumer
Brigitte Mira
Haushälterin Käthe
Willy Semmelrogge
Ringmaster
Kidlat Tahimik
Hombrecito, the Indian
Hans Musäus
Unknown Man
Michael Kroecher
Lord Stanhope
Henry van Lyck
Calvary Captain
Enno Patalas
Pastor Fuhrmann
Volker Elis Pilgrim
Pastor #2
Volker Prechtel
Hiltel, the prison guard
Gloria Doer
Frau Hiltel
Helmut Döring
Little King
Andi Gottwald
young Mozart
Herbert Achternbusch
country boy #1
Wolfgang Bauer
country boy #2
Walter Steiner
country boy #3
Clemens Scheitz
Registrar
Johannes Buzalski
Police Officer
Willy Meyer-Fürst
Doctor
Florian Fricke
Florian
Alfred Edel
Logic Professor
Franz Brumbach
bear showman
Herbert Fritsch
Mayor
Wilhelm Bayer
employee of the captain
Peter Gebhart
man who finds Kaspar
Otto Heinzle
old priest
Dorothea Kraft
little girl
Dr. Walter Pflaum
Doctor #2
Dr. Heinz Niemöller
Doctor #3
Peter-Udo Schönborn
crier
Markus Weller
Julius
Reinhard Hauff
Bauer - role was cut
Crew
Werner Herzog
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Director of Photography
Benedikt Kuby
Assistant Director
Henning von Gierke
Production Design
Martha Lederer
Editorial Production Assistant
Michael Gast
Camera Operator
Gisela Storch
Costume Design
Ann Poppel
Costume Design
Susanne Schröder
Makeup Artist
Klaus Wyborny
Second Unit
Haymo Henry Heyder
Sound Designer
Peter van Anft
Sound Design Assistant
Dietmar Zander
Lighting Supervisor
Popol Vuh
Music
Gunter Freyse
Still Photographer
Feli Sommer
Script Supervisor
Christian Weisenborn
Location Manager, Property Master
Walter Saxer
Production Manager
Joschi Arpa
Production Office Assistant
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