The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1975 Cannes Award Winner)

Published: June 7, 2023, 6 a.m.

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1975 features a Cannes Film Festival award winner, Werner Herzog’s The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. Written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, and Brigitte Mira, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser won three awards at Cannes in 1975.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Richard Eder in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/28/archives/herzogs-every-man-for-himself-is-stunning-fable-full-of-universals.html), Stephen Schiff in The Boston Phoenix, and Pauline Kael in The New Yorker.

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