Knife in the Head

6.3
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 108 min
  • Premiere: 1978. November 17.

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.

Discover

Bruno Ganz

Hoffmann

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

Art

Heidi Lüdi

Production Design

Camera

Frank Brühne

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Monika Altmann

Costume Design

Directing

Reinhard Hauff

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Writing

Art

Heidi Lüdi

Production Design

Camera

Frank Brühne

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Monika Altmann

Costume Design

Directing

Reinhard Hauff

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Writing