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Knife in the Head

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Original title

Messer im Kopf

Year

1979

Running time

108 min.

Country

Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Director

Reinhard Hauff

Screenwriter

Reinhard Hauff, Peter Schneider

Cast

Music

Irmin Schmidt

Cinematography

Frank Brühne

Producer

Bioskop Film, Hallelujah Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Awards: 1978: 2 German Film Awards: including Best Cinematography. 4 Nominations

1980: National Board of Review: Top Foreign Films

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Knife in the Head

1979

Reinhard Hauff

6.1

(90)