Knife in the Head
movie

Released November 17, 1978
Genres:
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
as
Hoffmann

Angela Winkler
as
Ann

Hans Christian Blech
as
Anleitner

Heinz Hoenig
as
Volker

Hans Brenner
as
Scholz

Udo Samel
as
Schurig
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Eike Gallwitz
as
Dr. Groeske
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Carla Egerer
as
Schwester Angelika

Gabriele Dossi
as
Schwester Emilie
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Hans Fuchs
as
Chefarzt

Gert Burkard
as
Institutsdirektor Ahrens

Karl Scheydt
as
Kommissar

