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Knife in the Head

6.219781h 48mRMovieDrama

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…

DirectorReinhard Hauff
WriterPeter Schneider
ProducerEberhard Junkersdorf

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KanopyKanopy
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Cast · Directed by Reinhard Hauff

BGBruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz
Hoffmann
AWAngela Winkler
Angela Winkler
Ann
HBHans Christian Blech
Hans Christian Blech
Anleitner
HHHeinz Hoenig
Heinz Hoenig
Volker
HBHans Brenner
Hans Brenner
Scholz
USUdo Samel
Udo Samel
Schurig
EG
Eike Gallwitz
Dr. Groeske
CE
Carla Egerer
Schwester Angelika
GDGabriele Dossi
Gabriele Dossi
Schwester Emilie
HF
Hans Fuchs
Chefarzt
GBGert Burkard
Gert Burkard
Institutsdirektor Ahrens
KSKarl Scheydt
Karl Scheydt
Kommissar

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