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?
Cast
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen
Erland Josephson
Dr. Bettelheim
Ildikó Bánsági
Sister Betty
Walter Schmidinger
Propaganda Chief
Károly Eperjes
Tibor Nowotny
Grażyna Szapołowska
Valery de la Meer
Colette Pilz-Warren
Dagma
Adrianna Biedrzyńska
Wally
György Cserhalmi
Count Trantow-Waldbach
Michał Bajor
Becker
Jiří Adamíra
Rattinger
Róbert Rátonyi
Prof. Gábor
Gabriela Kownacka
Wife of Propaganda Chief
Ewa Błaszczyk
Hennie Stahl
Péter Andorai
Fabian
Kalina Jędrusik
Unknown
Crew
István Szabó
Director, Screenplay
Heinz Freitag
Script Editor
Gabriella Prekop
Script Editor, Dialogue
Péter Dobai
Screenplay
Bettina Rekuc
Editor
Brigitta Kajdácsi
Editor, Dialogue Editor
Zsuzsa Csákány
Editor
Éva Szentandrási
Editor
Lajos Koltai
Director of Photography
Artur Brauner
Producer
Judit Sugár
Producer
József Romvári
Production Design
István Decsi
Camera Operator
Gyula Kovács
Camera Operator
Nelly Vágó
Costume Design
Zsuzsa Stenger
Costume Design
Lambert Hofer Jr.
Costume Design
Erzsébet Rácz
Hairstylist
János Németh
Makeup Department Head
János Csáki Sr.
Sound
Antal Szabó
Sound
Ferenc Ormos
Special Effects Supervisor
Miklósné Miklós
Music Director
György Vukán
Music
Zdenkó Tamássy
Music
Gyula Tóth
Set Decoration
László Makai
Set Decoration
Magda B. Müller
Still Photographer
