The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Directed by Werner Herzog · Cinematography by Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
110 min56 frames
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The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser is a 1974 West German drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno S. and Walter Ladengast. The film closely follows the real story of foundling Kaspar Hauser, using the text of actual letters found with Hauser.
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Sampled across 56 frames, the coverage of The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser leans on medium shots (54% of the sample) and close-ups (20%). Cinematographer Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein keeps 66% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 77% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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