ID

FBW003366      Fiction

Country / Year

Hungary / Germany (FR), 1988

Original Title

Hanussen / Profeta

Directed by

István Szabó

Produced by

Mafilm [Objektiv Studio], Budapest / CCC-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin; in partnership with Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Mainz / Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Wien

Staff

Producer: Artur Brauner, László Barbarozy; Co-producer: Gabriella Prekop; Production manager: Jósef Pleskonics; Production manager: Lajos Ovári, Judit Sugár; Location manager: Margit Szalontai; Script: István Szabó, Péter Dobai; Script contributor: Paul Hengge; Based on: Erik Jan Hanussen (=Klaus Schneider) (Autobiografie / "Meine Lebenslinie"); Dialogues: Gabriella Prekop; Camera: Lajos Koltai; Editing: Zsuzsa Csákány, Brigitta Kajdacsi, Bettina Rekuc, Éva Szentandrási; Set decoration: József Romvári, László Makai; Costumes: Nelly Vágó; Music: György Vukán; Choreography: Peter Laszlo

Cast

Klaus Maria Brandauer (Klaus Schneider / Eric-Jan Hanussen); Erland Josephson (Dr. Bettelheim); Ildikó Bánsági (Schwester Betty); Walter Schmidinger (Propagandachef); Károly Eperjes (Hauptmann Tibor Nowotny); Gra*12zyna Szapo*8lowska (Valery de la Meer); Colette Pilz-Warren (Dagma); Adrianna Biedrzynska (Wally); György Cserhalmi (Graf Trantow-Waldbach); Michal Bajor; Jirí Adamíra; Róbert Rátonyi; Kalina Jedrusik; Gabriela Kownacka; Ewa Blaszczyk; Péter Andorai; Lajos Kovács; Éva Kerekes; Enikö Eszenyi; Anikó Sáfár; Mária Tiboldi; Erzsi Gaál; Vera Somhegyi; István Bart; György Fenyves; Tamás Fodor; Endre Friedmann; Eugen Illes; Lajos Koltai, Sr.; Géza Kovács; István Lénárt; Pál Mácsai; Péter Müller; Sándor Simó; János Xantus; András Szegö; Ágnes Bilhari

Length

116'

Format

35mm/farbe (Eastmancolor)

Dates

- 05 May 1987-16 Nov 1987: Shooting period
- 20 May 1988: Premiere, Cannes (41. Filmfestival)
- 13 Oct 1988: Release date, GFR
- 13 Oct 1988: First run, GFR
- 08 Mar 1989: US release date, Los Angeles, CA
- 17 Mar 1989: US release date, New York, NY

Further Remarks

- Studioaufnahmen: Malfilm, Budapest
- Außenaufnahmen: Karlsbad, Wien, Berlin/West, Budapest
- Orchester: Ungarische Staatsoper

Abstract

The film tells the story of the fate of Klaus Schneider, a real figure who caused a sensation in Europe as the clairvoyant and magician Jan Hanussen. His prediction of Hitler’s election victory in Berlin brings him to the attention of the Nazis. He makes a decisive mistake, however, when he predicts the burning of the German Reichstag. Hanussen is kidnapped and killed in the woods.

Subject Terms

Berlin; Reichstag fire

Holdings

- CCC-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin; 35mm

Distributor

Tobis Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin (initially)

Materials

- Deutsches Filmmuseum (DFM), Frankfurt am Main: Artur Brauner Archiv; Produktionsakten
- Deutsches Filmmuseum (DFM), Frankfurt am Main: Artur Brauner Archiv; Fotos

Bibliography

- Fründt, Bodo: , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 20.10.1988
- Dillmann, Claudia (als: Claudia Dillmann-Kühn): Artur Brauner und die CCC. Frankfurt am Main: Deutsches Filmmuseum, 1990
- Dillmann, Claudia / Loewy, Ronny: Artur Brauner Produzent Producer. München: Goethe Institut, 2002