In the bourgeois circles of Europe after the Great War, can anything save the modern man? Harry Haller, a solitary intellectual, has all his life feared his dual nature of being human and being a beast. He's decided to die on his 50th birthday, which is soon. He's rescued from his solipsism by the mysterious Hermine, who takes him dancing, introduces him to jazz and to the beautiful and whimsical Maria, and guides him into the hallucinations of the Magic Theater, which seem to take him into Hell. Can humour, sin, and derision lead to salvation?
Cast
Crew
Fred Haines
Director, Writer
Hermann Hesse
Novel
Irving Lerner
Editor
Tomislav Pinter
Director of Photography
Ernst Bertschi
Assistant Director
Peter J. Sprague
Executive Producer
Melvin Fishman
Producer
Richard Herland
Producer
Thilo Theilen
Associate Producer
Velja Sakota
Assistant Camera
Else Heckmann
Costume Design
Jaroslav Bradáč
Animation
Ian Crafford
Sound Editor
Bill Rowe
Sound Recordist
George Gruntz
Original Music Composer
Charlie Mariano
Musician
Mati Klarwein
Painter
Nada Pinter
Script Supervisor
Roy Bosier
Choreographer
Petra von Oelffen
Associate Editor
Leoš Karen
Art Direction
