6.3

Knife in the Head
Released
1h 48m
11/17/1978
de - DE
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.
Drama
Actors

Bruno Ganz
Hoffmann

Angela Winkler
Ann

Hans Christian Blech
Anleitner

Heinz Hoenig
Volker

Hans Brenner
Scholz

Udo Samel
Schurig

Eike Gallwitz
Dr. Groeske

Carla Egerer
Schwester Angelika

Gabriele Dossi
Schwester Emilie

Hans Fuchs
Chefarzt

Gert Burkard
Institutsdirektor Ahrens

Karl Scheydt
Kommissar

Erich Kleiber
Pförtner Arnold

Heinz Hürländer
Kommissar