Focus Country - Hungary. István Szabó Retrospective. Hanussen

Synopsis

Set between World War I and the rise of the Nazi regime, the film follows Klaus Schneider (Klaus Maria Brandauer), an Austrian soldier who develops intense clairvoyant and hypnotic abilities after being shot in the head during the war. Under the guidance of Dr. Bettelheim (Erland Josephson) and his friend Nowotny (Károly Eperjes), he takes the stage name Erik Jan Hanussen and becomes a famous,, albeit controversial, clairvoyant in Berlin. As his predictions start to reveal the rise of Hitler, he falls under the influence of the Nazi party, putting his life and relationships in danger.