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Knife in the Head

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1978 film by Reinhard Hauff

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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.

Released: 1978-11-17108 minDir: Reinhard HauffDrama

Cast

  • Bruno Ganz as Hoffmann
  • Angela Winkler as Ann
  • Hans Christian Blech as Anleitner
  • Heinz Hoenig as Volker
  • Hans Brenner as Scholz
  • Udo Samel as Schurig

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Ratings

IMDb

7/10

769 votes

Year
1978
Runtime
113 min
Genres
Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Germany
Original language
German
Main subject
amnesia
Screenwriter
Peter Schneider
Duration
108
FilmAffinity ID
212844
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publication date
1981-02-05
title
Messer im Kopf
film editor
Peter Przygodda
review score
6.8/10
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