
Knife in the Head
Directed by Reinhard Hauff
Run Time 114 min
Bruno Ganz gives a tour-de-force performance as Hoffman, an innocent bystander who survives a gunshot to the head by the police during a raid on a group of revolutionaries. In order to justify the shooting, the police claim he is a dangerous radical who attacked a policeman. The leftist revolutionaries in turn claim him as a hero and victim of police brutality. As Hoffman struggles to recover from the trauma to his brain and memory loss, he must try to piece together what really happened that fateful night.
Name | Role |
Reinhard Hauff | Director |
Bruno Ganz | Hoffman |
Angela Winkler | Ann |
Hans Christian Blech | Anleitner |
Carla Egerer | Schwester Angelika |
Heinz Hoenig | Volker |
Country Germany
Run time 114 min
Year Completed 1978