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Knife in the Head 1978 Messer im Kopf

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 awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Drama
Production Company Neue Bioskop Film
Release Date 17 November 1978
108 mins