1989
Academy Awards
Foreign Language Film
Hungary

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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1 Oscar · 1 Golden Globe · 1 Cannes
Nominated
1989
Foreign Language Film
Hungary
1989
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Hanussen
1988
In Competition - Feature films
Istvan SZABO
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