Hanussen (1988 film)

Hanussen
Hanussen
	Film poster
Directed by	István Szabó
Written by	; István Szabó
Produced by	Artur Brauner;
Starring	Klaus Maria Brandauer; Erland Josephson; Walter Schmidinger;
Cinematography	Lajos Koltai
Edited by	Zsuzsa Csákány; Brigitta Kajdácsi; Bettina Rekuc; Éva Szentandrási
Music by
Release date	6 October 1988;
Running time	140 minutes
Countries	Hungary, West Germany, Austria
Languages	Hungarian, German
Budget	$59,701
Box office	$82,635

Hanussen is a 1988 Hungarian film about Erik Jan Hanussen by István Szabó. It was nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[1] The German language film starred Klaus Maria Brandauer. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Plot[]

Austrian Klaus Schneider, who later comes to be known as Erik Jan Hanussen is wounded during World War I. While recovering in the care of Dr. Emil Bettelheim (Erland Josephson), the Doctor discovers that Schneider possesses empathic powers. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name and goes to Berlin to perform in halls and theaters as a hypnotist and mind reader. His purported powers bring him to the attention of the Nazis which cause his fame and power – as well as his own troubles – to grow.