Knife in the Head (1978)
1h 48m
Running Time
November 17, 1978Release Date
Knife in the Head (1978)
1h 48m
Running Time
November 17, 1978Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Bruno Ganz
Hoffmann

Angela Winkler
Ann

Hans Christian Blech
Anleitner

Heinz Hoenig
Volker

Hans Brenner
Scholz

Udo Samel
Schurig

Eike Gallwitz
Dr. Groeske

Carla Egerer
Schwester Angelika

Gabriele Dossi
Schwester Emilie

Hans Fuchs
Chefarzt

Gert Burkard
Institutsdirektor Ahrens

Karl Scheydt
Kommissar

Erich Kleiber
Pförtner Arnold

Heinz Hürländer
Kommissar

Wolf-Dietrich Brücker
Producer

Reinhard Hauff
Director
Media.


Details.
Release DateNovember 17, 1978
Original NameMesser im Kopf
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingR
Genres
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Wiki.
Knife in the Head (German: Messer im Kopf) is a 1978 West German drama film directed by Reinhard Hauff and starring Bruno Ganz. The film follows the recovery of a man shot in the head by the police during the raid of a left-wing social centre. It won awards in Paris and Berlin.
Irmin Schmidt composed the entirety of the film's soundtrack, aided by Alex Wiska who played bağlama.
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