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Hanussen is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by István Szabó released in USA on 10 march 1989 with Klaus Maria Brandauer
Hanussen (1988)
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Add to a movie listHanussen is a 1988 Hungarian film about Erik Jan Hanussen by István Szabó. It was nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The German language film starred Klaus Maria Brandauer. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
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Austrian Klaus Schneider, who later comes to be known as Erik Jan Hanussen is wounded during World War I. While recovering in the care of Dr. Emil Bettelheim (Erland Josephson), the Doctor discovers that Schneider possesses empathic powers. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name and goes to Berlin to perform in halls and theaters as a hypnotist and mind reader. His purported powers bring him to the attention of the Nazis which cause his fame and power – as well as his own troubles – to grow.Actors
Klaus Maria Brandauer
(Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen)
Erland Josephson
(Dr. Bettelheim)
Ildikó Bánsági
(Sister Betty)
Károly Eperjes
(Tibor Nowotny)
Grażyna Szapołowska
(Valery de la Meer)
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