Hanussen: Hitler's Astrologer
- IMDb link: 0095276
- IMDb rating: 7.2 (2,064 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, History
- Director: Istvan Szabo
- Cast: Erland Josephson, Ildiko Bansagi, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Walter Schmidinger and others
- Release date: 10 Mar 1989
- Release year: 1988
- Runtime: 140 minutes
- Country: Hungary, West Germany, Austria
- Keywords: homoeroticism, nazi occultism, weimar germany, swastika, hypnotism, female topless nudity, female full frontal nudity, female frontal nudity, female rear nudity, female nudity
Plot:
A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?
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