The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), 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.
Bruno S. | Kaspar Hauser |
Walter Ladengast | Professor Daumer |
Brigitte Mira | Kathe, Servant |
Willy Semmelrogge | Circus director |
Volker Prechtel | Gefängniswärter Hiltl |
Herbert Achternbusch | Bauernbursche |
Kidlat Tahimik | Hombrecito |
Hans Musäus | Unknown |
Michael Kroecher | Lord Stanhope |
Henry van Lyck | Calvary Captain |
Enno Patalas | Pastor Fuhrmann |
Volker Elis Pilgrim | Pastor #2 |