Knife in the Head (1978)

6.1/10 • 108 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Bruno Ganz

Angela Winkler

Hans Christian Blech

Heinz Hoenig

Hans Brenner

Udo Samel

Schurig

Gabriele Dossi

Schwester Emilie

Gert Burkard

Institutsdirektor Ahrens

Karl Scheydt

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