Storyline
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
Max von Sydow
Harry Haller
Lead
Dominique Sanda
Hermine
Pierre Clémenti
Pablo
Carla Romanelli
Maria
Roy Bosier
Aztec
Alfred Baillou
Goethe
NR
Niels-Peter Rudolph
Gustav
Helmut Förnbacher
Franz
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fred Haines's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Steppenwolf is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
