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Hanussen (1988 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Hanussen' is a 1988 Hungarian film about Erik Jan Hanussen by Istvn Szab. It was nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The German language film starred Klaus Maria Brandauer. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Austrian Klaus Schneider, who later comes to be known as Erik Jan Hanussen is wounded during World War I. While recovering in the care of Dr. Emil Bettelheim (Erland Josephson), the Doctor discovers that Schneider possesses empathic powers. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name and goes to Berlin to perform in halls and theaters as a hypnotist and mind reader. His purported powers bring him to the attention of the Nazis which cause his fame and power as well as his own troubles to grow.
Cast
* Klaus Maria Brandauer Klaus Schneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
* Erland Josephson Dr. Bettelheim
* Ildik Bnsgi Sister Betty
* Walter Schmidinger Propaganda chief
* Kroly Eperjes Captain Tibor Nowotny
* Grayna Szapoowska Valery de la Meer
* Colette Pilz-Warren Dagma
* Adrianna Biedrzyska Wally
* Gyrgy Cserhalmi Count Trantow-Waldbach
* Micha Bajor
* Ji Adamra
* Rbert Rtonyi
* Kalina Jdrusik (as Kalyna Dygat Jydrusik)
* Gabriela Kownacka
* Ewa Baszczyk - Henni Stahl
Awards
See also
* List of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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