The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser(1974)
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.
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Kaspar Hauser
Professor Daumer
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Ringmaster
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Unknown Man
Lord Stanhope
Calvary Captain
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