Knife in the Head
17/11/1978
2h



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.
Cast


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
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