Hanussen (1988)
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| German title | Hanussen |
| Original title | Profeta |
| Country of production | Hungary , Germany , Austria |
| original language | Hungarian , German |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 140 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | István Szabó |
| script |
Péter Dobai Paul Hengge Gabriella Prekop István Szabó |
| production |
Artur Brauner Judit Sugár |
| music | György Vukán |
| camera | Lajos Koltai |
| cut |
Zsuzsa Csákány Brigitta Kajdácsi Bettina Rekuc Éva Szentandrási |
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Hanussen is a biographical film by the Hungarian film director István Szabó from 1988, which deals with the life of the fortune teller Erik Jan Hanussen - played by Klaus Maria Brandauer . The German-Austrian-Hungarian co-production was financed on the German side by CCC-Film under Artur Brauner and ZDF .
action
The platoon leader Klaus Schneider was taken to a hospital during the First World War . There the doctor will find Dr. Bettelheim found out that the tailor, who was being treated for head injuries, had a gift for clairvoyance. After the war he meets Captain Nowotny again, who provided entertainment for the soldiers with a front theater during the war. After changing his name to Erik Jan Hanussen , he suddenly became famous for predicting the sinking of a cruise ship. After an arrest and subsequent trial for imposture, he is acquitted for demonstrating his special skills in court. In Berlin, where he moved with his girlfriend Valery (called Wally) and Nowotny, he is among the "top ten thousand". When the prediction that Adolf Hitler would be appointed Reich Chancellor actually occurs, Nowotny and Wally reproach him seriously for having previously insisted on being an apolitical person. Soon afterwards he rose to become Adolf Hitler's personal fortune teller and did not want to notice that his friend Bettelheim got into trouble because he was Jewish. When he anticipated the fire in the Reichstag , he was declared a traitor by the National Socialists, although many believed him to be a National Socialist, and murdered by the SA on the night of March 24th to 25th, 1933 , to which his Jewish origins probably contributed .
Reviews
"A debatable contribution to the important topic of the power situation of our century."
Awards
- At the 1989 Academy Awards , “Hanussen” was nominated for the best foreign language film .
- At the Cannes International Film Festival , the film received a nomination for a Palme d'Or .
- In 1989 the film was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
- A year earlier, Klaus Maria Brandauer received a nomination for Best Actor at the European Film Awards
Note: In each of the three named awards, the film Pelle, the Conqueror of Bille August always won in the respective category .
Web links
- Hanussen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hanussen in the online film database
- Hanussen at filmportal.de
- Hanussen at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hanussen. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .