Knife in the Head

Knife in the Head

1978/11/17 • Released • German

Drama
6.4
1h 48m

Overview

One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.

Director : Reinhard Hauff

Casts
Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Hoffmann

Angela Winkler

Angela Winkler

Ann

Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech

Anleitner

Heinz Hoenig

Heinz Hoenig

Volker

Hans Brenner

Hans Brenner

Scholz

Udo Samel

Udo Samel

Schurig

Eike Gallwitz

Dr. Groeske

Carla Egerer

Schwester Angelika

Gabriele Dossi

Gabriele Dossi

Schwester Emilie

Hans Fuchs

Chefarzt

Gert Burkard

Gert Burkard

Institutsdirektor Ahrens

Karl Scheydt

Karl Scheydt

Kommissar

Erich Kleiber

Pförtner Arnold

Heinz Hürländer

Kommissar

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