Stammheim Prison in Stuttgart, West Germany, as the five defendants–Andreas Baader Read More »
Tag Archives: Reinhard Hauff
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach AKA Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971) Volker Schlöndorff, Georg Lehn, Reinhard Hauff, Karl-Josef Cramer
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Read More »
The Brutalisation of Franz Blum (1974) Reinhard Hauff, Jürgen Prochnow, Eike Gallwitz, Burkhard Driest
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. Read More »
Messer im Kopf / Knife in the Head (1979) Reinhard Hauff, Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech, Drama
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.
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