Hanussen

The story

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 BrandauerKlaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen

Erland JosephsonDr. Bettelheim

Ildikó BánságiSister Betty

Walter SchmidingerPropaganda Chief

Károly EperjesTibor Nowotny

Grażyna SzapołowskaValery de la Meer

Colette Pilz-Warren

Colette Pilz-WarrenDagma

Adrianna BiedrzyńskaWally

György Cserhalmi

György CserhalmiCount Trantow-Waldbach

Michał BajorBecker

Jiří AdamíraRattinger

Róbert RátonyiProf. Gábor