Knife in the Head (1978) DVD-R

Starring: Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech, Eike Gallwitz, Karl Scheydt
Directed by: Reinhard Hauff
Print: Color
Runtime: 108 minutes
Genre: Drama
Language: German, English subtitles

*Knife in the Head* (*Messer im Kopf*; 1978) is a West German drama film directed by Reinhard Hauff. The story follows Berthold Hoffmann (Bruno Ganz), a scientist who is shot in the head during a police raid and wakes up with brain damage and amnesia. As he struggles to piece together what happened and faces pressure from both the police and radical activists, the film becomes a tense meditation on memory, state power and political violence. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}