Knife in the Head (1978)
Original title: Messer im Kopf
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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.
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Bruno GanzHoffmann
Angela WinklerAnn
Hans Christian BlechAnleitner
Heinz HoenigVolker
Hans BrennerScholz
Udo SamelSchurigEike GallwitzDr. GroeskeCarla EgererSchwester Angelika
Gabriele DossiSchwester EmilieHans FuchsChefarztMovie DNA
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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.
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Knife in the Head has a runtime of 108 minutes.
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