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. "
00:26:54 He seems to be not quite all right in the head.
00:28:48 Foundling, yes, get that down. Upper arm injured...
00:32:28 He'll have to sit up to eat, he can't eat on the floor.
00:35:38 All gone.
00:39:03 Lap, lap, lap, I like this milk, Lap, lap, lap as smooth as silk.
00:46:34 - They were in the Oberpfalz area. - What was that?
00:49:51 The Four Riddles of the Spheres! Minors please keep their distance.
00:52:53 This wildman is the sole remaining member in all of Europe...
00:57:00 Come down here!
01:01:43 Wherever I look in the room...
01:04:21 For the peace of God is higher than all mortal coils...
01:07:13 Katy, have you been to the Sahara Desert?
01:12:57 It just can't be true when you say...
01:15:44 Yet there exists one question which will solve the problem.
01:18:22 ...we reason and deduce: I cannot accept that question.
01:22:38 ...who will open the doors of society to you.
01:27:10 ...and I was forced to wear peasants' trousers!
01:32:51 No, only his head.
01:40:49 Heal me Lord, for my limbs are stricken.
01:44:46 We must continue northward.
01:48:32 ...and no one would never find nothing like this.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed745
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:01:23
Final line01:48:32

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes19,449