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Hanussen
“He saw the future. And it was war.”
6.5 / 10• 1988• 2h 20m•NR• Hungarian
Science FictionHistoryDramaFantasy
Storyline
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 & Crew
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen
Lead
Erland Josephson
Dr. Bettelheim
Ildikó Bánsági
Sister Betty
Walter Schmidinger
Propaganda Chief
Károly Eperjes
Tibor Nowotny
Grażyna Szapołowska
Valery de la Meer
CP
Colette Pilz-Warren
Dagma
Adrianna Biedrzyńska
Wally
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. István Szabó's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hanussen is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
