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Knife in the Head

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.

1978 |1h 48m |  Drama

Cast

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Bruno Ganz

Hoffmann

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Angela Winkler

Ann

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Hans Christian Blech

Anleitner

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Heinz Hoenig

Volker

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Hans Brenner

Scholz

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Udo Samel

Schurig

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Gabriele Dossi

Schwester Emilie

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Gert Burkard

Institutsdirektor Ahrens

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Karl Scheydt

Kommissar

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Status

Released

Language

German

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