Hanussen (1988) — drama, fantasy, history film. Directed by István Szabó. Starring Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági, Walter Schmidinger. This page maps 3 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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The rise and fall of a clairvoyant performer whose predictions clash with the rising Nazi regime.
Drama, Fantasy, History, Science Fiction · 6.4/10 · 140 min · 1988
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?
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