Hanussein

12 novembre > SALA 1 ore 17

Hungary, Germany – 1988 – colore – 112’

CREDITS

Direction: István Szabó

Screenplay: István Szabó, Péter Dobai

Cinematography: Lajos Koltai

Editing: Zsuzsa Csákány, Brigitta Kajdácsi, Bettina Rekuc, Éva Szentandrási

Set design: József Romvári

Music: Zdenkó Tamássy, György Vukán, László Makai, Gyula Tóth

Costumes: Zsuzsa Stenger, Nelly Vágó

Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági, Károly Eperjes, György Cserhalmi, Grazyna Szapolowska

Producer: Artur Brauner

Production: CCC Filmkunst, Hungarofilm, MOKÉP, Objektiv Filmstudio, ZDF/Mainz

SYNOPSIS

1918, Piave. Klaus Schneider is wounded on his head. His doctor, Bettelheim discovers that the lance sergeant is able to provoke hypnosis and this could be exploited for the purpose of healing. Captain Nowotny, a former director of variety wants to take advantage of the ability of Schneider in show programs and he takes him to Vienna. Schneider here achieves ever greater success under the name Hanussen. He goes to Berlin with his escort and becomes the Prophet there.

CRITICAL NOTE

“Szabó-Brandauer Act Three, that is the last part of the trilogy on power and the advent of Nazism. (…) Szabó, with the accuracy of an entomologist and the profundity of a sage, delves once again into the folds of a character’s psyche to detect the spirals through which a wicked ideology obtained and maintained power for so many years, causing grief and ruin. (…) Just as the sabres of light chased Mephisto in the deserted stadium, so the spotlights of the theatre accompany Hanussen’s revelations as they become increasingly inconvenient for the established power.” (Giancarlo Zappoli, Film No. 4, March/June 1991)

 AWARDS AND FESTIVAL

1988 Cannes FF –  International Competition

1988 Golden Globe Awards: Nominations for Best Motion Picture, Best Foreign Language Film

1988 Academy Awards:  Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film