The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

1974 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 19,449 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog

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Overview

The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.

Dialogue Timeline — 745 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:23 He could hardly walk and spoke but one sentence.
00:19:00 Wait for me here!
00:24:16 "His Excellency the Captain. "
00:26:50 You can see it's no use.
00:28:45 The foundling seems to be of the higher orders!
00:31:56 No, but you never can tell.
00:35:35 Empty!
00:38:52 Don't worry about it.
00:46:23 A number of people have testified that the foundling...
00:49:38 ...ladies and gentlemen...
00:52:40 Our next Riddle, a living specimen of anthropology...
00:56:45 Come down from there!
01:01:25 You lived in this tower, where that little window is.
01:04:05 No, Kaspar, the articles of faith are more important...
01:06:52 Yes, Mr. Daumer is an educated man.
01:11:09 You used to think all your dreams were real.
01:15:23 I admit, the question is thorny.
01:17:58 That's no logic; logic is deduction, not description.
01:22:11 Welcome!
01:26:34 I loitered, Pindar in hand, neath the columns of Corinth.
01:32:27 Now he's bitten a piece out of the bowl!
01:39:35 "Hauser can tell you exactly what I look like...
01:44:01 ...and because they see mountains ahead of them.
01:47:39 ...which does not sufficiently cover the cerebellum.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed745
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:01:23
Final line01:47:39

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes19,449