Hanussen
1988 · 140 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,971 VOTES · DIR. István Szabó
Overview
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?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,360 lines
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00:00:13 Hanussen
00:08:23 Images appear to me.
00:12:09 About turn.
00:16:00 Head.
00:21:26 I'll be court marshalled for this.
00:27:09 Please send Sister Betty to me.
00:30:28 You think about Therese and Edith.
00:35:39 - Where was Mr. Hanussen born? - A small village in Styria.
00:40:41 Is it convenient if we stay here?
00:44:49 I can see the future, don't live in insecurity.
00:48:20 - And tell them their future? - Yes.
00:52:38 Hate towards this Republic.
00:56:25 So you are a prophet?
01:00:25 We go there, arrest criminals and lock them up.
01:06:33 Sit down please.
01:11:49 I know what I say and whatever I say I see.
01:15:06 And we? We die?
01:19:22 But I have laid my roots.
01:23:48 Yes.
01:29:10 We shall have them published.
01:33:08 Can't you read it properly?
01:39:55 Would it be better if I said:
01:44:03 Where?
100:00:00 a beggar has thrown them away.