Chinese Version
Jeder Fur Sich Und Gott Gegen Alle (West Germany)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Idiot savant
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S. Brigitte Mira Walter Ladengast
Footage: 110min
Year: 1975
The film is based on the famous story of mysterious 19th-century child genius Kasper Hauser.
Hauser shows up unnannounced in the middle of a village square, frightening the populace with his bizarre behavior. He cannot talk, nor is there any indication of his parentage. When he finally does develop the power of speech, he reveals a highly advanced state of intelligence, as well as a seeming gift of prophecy. Upon Kaspar's death, the authorities determine that the lad was some sort of "idiot savant"—but the mystery of his origin is never solved.
It is a poignant, visually exquisite allegory of how civilization breeds despair. Herzog's rendering of isolated, pre-verbal foundling Kaspar Hauser's release into the world as an adult reveals the perverse effects of "rational" thought and culture on natural, soulful innocence.
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