1 00:00:00,083 --> 00:00:01,374 This film is dedicated to Lotte Eisner. 2 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:03,582 She's one ofthose - the better haIf- who had to leave Germany. 3 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:17,874 On Whitsunday 1828, 4 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,999 a ragged boy who later came to be known as Kaspar Hauser, 5 00:01:22,125 --> 00:01:25,249 was found abandoned in the town of N. 6 00:01:25,375 --> 00:01:29,040 He could hardly walk and spoke but one sentence. 7 00:01:29,166 --> 00:01:31,457 Years later, after having learnt how to speak, 8 00:01:31,583 --> 00:01:36,499 he told of being locked up in a dark cellarfrom birth. 9 00:01:36,625 --> 00:01:40,957 He said he'd had no understanding ofthe world 10 00:01:41,083 --> 00:01:45,999 and had been unaware of the existence ofother people 11 00:01:46,125 --> 00:01:51,832 because they only leftfood in his cave while he was asleep. 12 00:01:51,958 --> 00:01:56,874 He said he hadn't known what a house was, or a tree, or language. 13 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,290 lt was not until the very end that a man came to his cellar. 14 00:02:01,416 --> 00:02:06,124 The mystery of his origins remains unsolved to this day. 15 00:02:37,333 --> 00:02:43,457 Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? 16 00:02:43,583 --> 00:02:49,707 That screaming men call silence? 17 00:03:00,041 --> 00:03:06,124 THE ENlGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER 18 00:07:28,833 --> 00:07:30,832 Writing... 19 00:07:32,041 --> 00:07:34,290 Wri-ting! 20 00:07:51,458 --> 00:07:56,040 Remember that - writing. 21 00:08:08,833 --> 00:08:14,249 lfyou write nice now, papa will give you nice horsey. 22 00:08:20,083 --> 00:08:21,999 Horsey... 23 00:08:22,125 --> 00:08:23,582 Horsey! 24 00:08:26,416 --> 00:08:28,374 - Horse. - Horse. 25 00:08:29,958 --> 00:08:31,665 Horsey! 26 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:26,290 Repeat after me. 27 00:15:27,083 --> 00:15:31,374 l want to be a gallant rider... 28 00:15:32,708 --> 00:15:36,707 like my father was before me. 29 00:15:38,416 --> 00:15:39,790 Remember that! 30 00:15:39,916 --> 00:15:44,790 l want to be a gallant rider 31 00:15:44,916 --> 00:15:48,915 like my father was before me! 32 00:15:49,708 --> 00:15:51,832 Gallant rider. 33 00:15:51,958 --> 00:15:58,207 Gallant rider like my father... 34 00:15:58,333 --> 00:15:59,415 Like my father... 35 00:15:59,541 --> 00:16:01,415 - Father... - Father... 36 00:16:01,541 --> 00:16:04,290 - ...was before me. - ...was before me. 37 00:16:04,416 --> 00:16:06,499 - Remember that! - Remember. 38 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,832 Remember that! 39 00:18:09,958 --> 00:18:11,415 Come on now. 40 00:18:32,916 --> 00:18:34,332 Stand here. 41 00:18:35,833 --> 00:18:37,290 Hold this letter. 42 00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:39,082 The letter... 43 00:18:44,791 --> 00:18:46,665 Stay right here. 44 00:18:46,791 --> 00:18:49,165 Wait here. Waitfor me here! 45 00:20:41,791 --> 00:20:43,207 What do you want here? 46 00:20:43,916 --> 00:20:45,124 Horsey! 47 00:20:45,250 --> 00:20:48,124 l'm asking you what you want here? 48 00:20:48,250 --> 00:20:50,332 Like my father was before me! 49 00:20:52,041 --> 00:20:55,290 Ah, where do you want to go? 50 00:20:55,416 --> 00:20:58,540 Are from out oftown? Can l be ofservice? 51 00:20:58,666 --> 00:21:00,915 Maybe with that letter there... 52 00:21:01,875 --> 00:21:05,332 Do you have to deliver it somewhere? Let's have a look at it. 53 00:21:05,458 --> 00:21:11,457 "To the Cavalry Captain of the Fourth Squadron... 54 00:21:11,583 --> 00:21:14,499 "Sixth Schwolische Regiment." 55 00:21:14,625 --> 00:21:18,790 Let's see now, that'll be straight ahead, 56 00:21:18,916 --> 00:21:20,957 past Augustinergasse, round the corner. 57 00:21:21,083 --> 00:21:22,999 That's the Captain's house. 58 00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:25,874 Should l take you there? 59 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,124 Or have you got other plans? 60 00:21:29,375 --> 00:21:31,457 Say, where are from now? 61 00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:35,749 Ansbach, Erlangen, Regensburg? 62 00:21:35,875 --> 00:21:39,457 - Regensburg! - Ah, Regensburg, good! 63 00:21:39,583 --> 00:21:42,290 Come along now! 64 00:22:12,583 --> 00:22:15,374 The young man here's from Regensburg. 65 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,874 Here's a letterfor the Captain. 66 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,999 The Captain is not here. He'll be in this evening. 67 00:22:22,458 --> 00:22:26,415 Ah, but the young man is very weary. 68 00:22:31,166 --> 00:22:34,540 Can't we find a place for him till then? 69 00:22:34,666 --> 00:22:38,582 Not in the house, perhaps in the barn. 70 00:22:38,708 --> 00:22:42,790 - Horsey! - Right, with the horses on the straw. 71 00:22:42,916 --> 00:22:46,040 There he can give the letter to the Captain. 72 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:47,790 Horsey. 73 00:23:26,583 --> 00:23:28,207 - ls that him? - Yes. 74 00:23:28,333 --> 00:23:33,499 We've tried everything we could to wake him, without success. 75 00:23:33,625 --> 00:23:36,165 Have you ever seen him before? 76 00:23:44,791 --> 00:23:47,707 No, l don't know him. l've never seen him before. 77 00:23:48,416 --> 00:23:50,207 Here's the letter. 78 00:23:50,333 --> 00:23:53,124 He didn't want to let go of it. 79 00:23:59,083 --> 00:24:03,957 From the Bavarian border, no place name, dated 1828... 80 00:24:04,083 --> 00:24:06,374 "His Excellency the Captain." 81 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:10,207 - Does it really say "His Excellency"? - lt does, yes! 82 00:24:10,333 --> 00:24:12,207 "l'm senden yr Grace a bouye..." 83 00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:15,540 "Senden yr Grace..." That makes me laugh! 84 00:24:15,666 --> 00:24:19,707 - Should l take that down? - Yes, please do. 85 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:24,249 "This here bouye wants to serve his King faithfully. 86 00:24:24,375 --> 00:24:27,082 - "The bouye was laid me on..." - The boy was what? 87 00:24:27,208 --> 00:24:30,415 He was "laid" him on 7th October, 1812. 88 00:24:30,541 --> 00:24:33,790 "l am a poor labourer with ten children." 89 00:24:33,916 --> 00:24:35,165 - Ten children? - Ten children! 90 00:24:35,291 --> 00:24:38,499 "l have enough to do to feed myseIf. 91 00:24:39,666 --> 00:24:44,874 "His mother wanted to raise the boy, but l couldn't ask her to." 92 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,249 - Couldn't ask her? - Couldn't ask her! 93 00:24:47,375 --> 00:24:53,790 "l didn't tell her the boy was laid on me by the Court. 94 00:24:54,875 --> 00:24:59,415 "l have not let him take one step out ofthe house since 1812, 95 00:24:59,541 --> 00:25:04,165 "so nobody doesn't know a thing about him." 96 00:25:04,291 --> 00:25:07,124 - Nobody knows? - Yes. 97 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:11,374 "You can ask him, but he can't tell you. 98 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:14,290 "l taught him reading and writing, 99 00:25:14,416 --> 00:25:18,624 "and when we ask him what he wants to be, he says he wants to be... 100 00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:20,249 "a gallant rider like his father." 101 00:25:20,375 --> 00:25:22,874 - A "gallant" rider? - A gallant rider, yes. 102 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,040 "A gallant rider like his father was before him. 103 00:25:26,166 --> 00:25:30,415 "lf he had parents, he would have been a smartfellow." 104 00:25:30,541 --> 00:25:34,040 - A "smart" fellow? - A smartfellow, yes. 105 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:37,040 "You only have to show him something and he can do it. 106 00:25:37,166 --> 00:25:40,124 "Dear Captain, you mustn't plie him with questions... 107 00:25:40,250 --> 00:25:44,499 - You "mustn't"? - Yes, you mustn't plie him... "Plie" with 'ie'! 108 00:25:44,625 --> 00:25:46,124 - With 'ie'? - Yes. 109 00:25:46,250 --> 00:25:47,957 "He don't know where l am. 110 00:25:48,083 --> 00:25:50,999 "l brought him away by night. 111 00:25:51,125 --> 00:25:53,415 "l am not signing my name." 112 00:25:53,541 --> 00:25:56,540 No, there's no signature. 113 00:26:04,416 --> 00:26:06,707 - Did you get it all down? - Yes. 114 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,707 - This is very odd. - Yes, indeed! 115 00:26:13,541 --> 00:26:15,624 Should l report no signature? 116 00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:18,290 Yes, and put this in the file. 117 00:26:19,791 --> 00:26:21,999 l'll try him again... 118 00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:27,457 No, don't. Leave him be. 119 00:26:37,916 --> 00:26:41,457 You can see it's no use. 120 00:26:41,583 --> 00:26:46,124 He seems to be not quite all right in the head. 121 00:26:51,166 --> 00:26:53,415 He's coming around... 122 00:26:53,541 --> 00:26:54,790 Your name! 123 00:26:54,916 --> 00:26:57,999 Should l report that he refuses to talk? 124 00:26:58,125 --> 00:26:59,999 Yes, name unknown. 125 00:27:00,125 --> 00:27:01,624 Where are you from? 126 00:27:03,583 --> 00:27:06,790 - And his passport? - Gallant rider... 127 00:27:06,916 --> 00:27:08,957 Occupation? 128 00:27:09,083 --> 00:27:12,665 - Where were you born? - He says he comes from Regensburg. 129 00:27:12,791 --> 00:27:16,332 - From Regensburg? - Yes, from Regensburg. 130 00:27:16,458 --> 00:27:21,249 The intelligence ofthis man is in a state ofabsolute confusion. 131 00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:25,332 There's nothing to be gained by police interrogation. 132 00:27:25,458 --> 00:27:26,707 Should l take that down? 133 00:27:26,833 --> 00:27:30,374 Nothing to be gained by police interrogation, yes. 134 00:27:31,291 --> 00:27:34,249 - Refuses to answer. - He refuses to answer! 135 00:27:34,375 --> 00:27:37,915 - Right, and what do we do now? - Lay him down again. 136 00:27:38,041 --> 00:27:41,707 - Maybe he's hungry? - lt's worth a try. 137 00:27:42,375 --> 00:27:44,415 - Come, come... Come! - Here! 138 00:27:53,708 --> 00:27:55,415 Lay him down again! 139 00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:57,124 Spits outfood! 140 00:27:57,250 --> 00:27:59,457 Spat outfood... 141 00:28:00,250 --> 00:28:02,999 Let's have a look at his feet. 142 00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:06,915 l say, those are odd boots! 143 00:28:09,125 --> 00:28:12,332 lt's strange, how you open these boots! 144 00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:15,790 Bleeding ofthe toes, scabs... 145 00:28:15,916 --> 00:28:21,999 lndicates a long period of... Feet extremely tender... 146 00:28:22,125 --> 00:28:27,957 Both feet show same indications ofextreme tenderness. 147 00:28:28,083 --> 00:28:32,040 - Aha, vaccination marks! - Vaccination marks! 148 00:28:32,166 --> 00:28:34,915 The foundling seems to be ofthe higher orders! 149 00:28:35,041 --> 00:28:38,624 - Afoundling? - Foundling, yes, get that down. 150 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:41,040 Upper arm injured... 151 00:28:41,166 --> 00:28:45,040 What was this injury caused by? 152 00:28:45,166 --> 00:28:47,790 By a blunt instrument, l'd say. 153 00:28:47,916 --> 00:28:51,874 - Blunt instrument, l'd say. - The same marks here, and here... 154 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,082 Put that down! 155 00:28:57,666 --> 00:28:59,874 Ah! A prayer book! 156 00:29:00,833 --> 00:29:07,374 - A prayer book? - Entitled "Spiritual Forget-me-nots". 157 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:10,207 Entitled "Spiritual Forget-me-nots". 158 00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:15,082 Beautiful and Devoted Morning Prayers for Faithful Souls. 159 00:29:15,875 --> 00:29:17,665 The other book... 160 00:29:21,708 --> 00:29:27,582 A printed treatise entitled 'Six Deep and Devotional Prayers'. 161 00:29:27,708 --> 00:29:30,165 Put under 'other things'... 162 00:29:31,083 --> 00:29:35,624 Afour-cornered, folded square of paper, containing... 163 00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:38,207 yes, indeed... 164 00:29:38,333 --> 00:29:41,915 a small quantity ofgold dust, or gold leaf. 165 00:29:42,041 --> 00:29:45,124 - Gold dust or gold leaf? - Gold leaf, yes. 166 00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:48,124 Put that with the other things. 167 00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:51,707 Then a rosary... a small rosary. 168 00:29:51,833 --> 00:29:55,499 - A rosary with a metal cross. - With a metal cross. 169 00:29:55,625 --> 00:29:57,957 With the other things. 170 00:29:59,541 --> 00:30:04,082 Under the circumstances, this man should be taken into custody! 171 00:30:04,208 --> 00:30:06,040 Put that down, word for word. 172 00:30:06,166 --> 00:30:07,290 A pencil! 173 00:30:07,416 --> 00:30:09,207 And a sheet of paper. 174 00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:12,707 Can he write? 175 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,874 Kaspar Hauser. 176 00:31:07,791 --> 00:31:10,165 The fellow is not as wild as l thought. 177 00:31:10,291 --> 00:31:12,624 He came peacefully. 178 00:31:12,750 --> 00:31:14,832 He seems harmless enough. 179 00:31:14,958 --> 00:31:17,707 l've done all l can. 180 00:31:17,833 --> 00:31:20,665 The rest is up to the authorities. 181 00:31:21,666 --> 00:31:23,999 Maybe we should place him under oath. 182 00:31:24,125 --> 00:31:26,082 - Under oath? - Yes, under oath. 183 00:31:26,208 --> 00:31:30,749 He did not impress us as being either mad or depraved. 184 00:31:30,875 --> 00:31:34,332 Neither mad nor depraved. 185 00:31:34,458 --> 00:31:39,749 lt's best we keep him in this tower for criminals and vagabonds. 186 00:31:40,875 --> 00:31:43,290 He doesn't look like going berserk. 187 00:31:43,416 --> 00:31:46,124 No, but you never can tell. 188 00:32:15,458 --> 00:32:17,790 He'll have to sit up to eat. 189 00:32:17,916 --> 00:32:20,540 He can't eat on the floor. 190 00:32:21,666 --> 00:32:22,999 Come... 191 00:32:26,208 --> 00:32:29,165 Julius, take his feet. 192 00:32:29,291 --> 00:32:31,999 You hold him back. 193 00:32:32,125 --> 00:32:33,999 Now forward. 194 00:32:34,125 --> 00:32:36,415 Now he's on his feet! 195 00:32:40,708 --> 00:32:42,665 Sit him down there. 196 00:33:03,416 --> 00:33:05,832 Let's stretch his feet out. 197 00:33:09,125 --> 00:33:11,999 l guess he never sat up straight at a table before! 198 00:33:13,916 --> 00:33:18,832 He never sat up at all in the tower. 199 00:33:18,958 --> 00:33:23,832 Take the bowl away... Hold on to the table there! 200 00:33:28,166 --> 00:33:29,499 Come on, let go! 201 00:33:29,625 --> 00:33:33,915 Give me your hat, you won't be needing it now. 202 00:33:35,125 --> 00:33:38,249 Leave him be, it's all right. 203 00:33:45,291 --> 00:33:46,915 Let's start. 204 00:33:52,541 --> 00:33:54,957 You've got to eat, come on. 205 00:33:56,958 --> 00:33:59,457 You can't eat with your hat! 206 00:33:59,583 --> 00:34:01,707 He won't give it to me. 207 00:34:03,916 --> 00:34:05,665 There, take the spoon... 208 00:34:06,833 --> 00:34:08,582 and start eating. 209 00:34:10,083 --> 00:34:13,457 Look... look... like this. 210 00:34:19,083 --> 00:34:20,374 Do it like me. 211 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:22,582 He'll be all right. 212 00:34:24,166 --> 00:34:27,957 lt'sjust that he don't have no manners yet. 213 00:34:28,916 --> 00:34:31,874 So, open your mouth... 214 00:34:34,291 --> 00:34:36,832 See, l told you so! 215 00:34:39,291 --> 00:34:40,332 Oh, my goodness me! 216 00:34:40,458 --> 00:34:42,582 Take his bowl away. 217 00:34:42,708 --> 00:34:44,582 He's not used to it. 218 00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:46,957 Give him bread instead. 219 00:34:47,083 --> 00:34:50,124 He always takes bread when you give it to him. 220 00:34:50,250 --> 00:34:53,749 Bread... take the bread. 221 00:34:57,458 --> 00:35:00,624 Give him a drop ofwater, Julius. 222 00:35:11,833 --> 00:35:13,874 Look, it's empty. 223 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,040 There's nothing more inside. 224 00:35:16,166 --> 00:35:18,582 Nothing comes out anymore. 225 00:35:18,708 --> 00:35:20,374 - Empty! - Empty. 226 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:23,040 - lt's empty! - Empty! 227 00:35:23,625 --> 00:35:25,290 Nothing more inside. 228 00:35:25,416 --> 00:35:27,707 - Nothing comes out anymore. - Empty. 229 00:35:28,416 --> 00:35:30,165 - Empty. - Empty. 230 00:35:35,416 --> 00:35:38,874 No, thisjug's not empty. 231 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,874 There's beer in it. Look... it's full. 232 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,874 Look... it's not empty. 233 00:35:45,583 --> 00:35:48,374 That cup there is empty. 234 00:35:49,791 --> 00:35:52,832 There's nothing in it. lt's empty. 235 00:35:53,708 --> 00:35:56,207 - Empty. - Yes... empty. 236 00:36:02,833 --> 00:36:06,332 lt'll take time, getting him used to such things. 237 00:36:21,166 --> 00:36:24,374 Don't cry, don't cry. 238 00:36:35,791 --> 00:36:40,707 Oh my, how my gut is painin' me! 239 00:36:42,291 --> 00:36:45,832 Finger, thumb, arm... 240 00:36:46,958 --> 00:36:49,207 This is your hand, this is your arm. 241 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:51,457 Arm, arm... 242 00:36:53,625 --> 00:36:56,290 nose... mouth... 243 00:36:56,416 --> 00:36:58,915 Look, this is your ear. 244 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,415 Look, l've even got a mirror! 245 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:09,749 This here is your ear. 246 00:37:18,250 --> 00:37:21,999 My gut is killing me. 247 00:37:24,791 --> 00:37:26,457 Finger... 248 00:37:26,583 --> 00:37:28,332 shoulder... 249 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,332 ...arm! 250 00:37:34,083 --> 00:37:37,624 No, that's your hand. This is your arm. 251 00:37:38,541 --> 00:37:41,790 - Hand, hand! - This is your arm. 252 00:37:41,916 --> 00:37:45,374 Arm, arm, arm, arm! 253 00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:47,624 Arm, arm! 254 00:37:51,541 --> 00:37:53,290 Hand. 255 00:37:54,208 --> 00:37:58,207 What kind of place is this here, anyway? 256 00:37:59,458 --> 00:38:03,582 Hey! Damn your eyes! 257 00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:07,082 Ain't there nothing to drink in this place? 258 00:38:15,333 --> 00:38:18,999 Stand up, Kaspar, stand up! 259 00:38:19,125 --> 00:38:22,082 You don't have to be ashamed, we're alone here. 260 00:38:24,083 --> 00:38:26,124 Only the dear Lord is watching. 261 00:38:26,250 --> 00:38:28,165 You needn't be afraid. 262 00:38:29,125 --> 00:38:34,749 Mother, my skin is coming off! 263 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:42,290 Don't worry about it. 264 00:38:47,416 --> 00:38:49,165 He hasn't had a bath in years. 265 00:38:49,291 --> 00:38:51,540 Lap, lap, lap, l like this milk, 266 00:38:51,666 --> 00:38:54,374 lap, lap, lap as smooth as silk. 267 00:39:01,875 --> 00:39:08,332 Good morning, little cat so white. 268 00:39:08,458 --> 00:39:11,665 May l sit down by your side? 269 00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:22,332 Good morning, little cat so white. 270 00:39:24,208 --> 00:39:30,957 May l... 271 00:39:32,416 --> 00:39:37,665 Good morning, little cat so white, may l sit down by your side? 272 00:39:37,791 --> 00:39:42,332 Be nice to me little girl so fair, then you may sit down right there. 273 00:39:42,458 --> 00:39:47,499 Lap, lap, lap l like this milk, lap, lap, lap as smooth as silk. 274 00:39:51,250 --> 00:39:54,165 Agnes, that rhyme is too long for him. 275 00:39:54,291 --> 00:39:57,082 All he knows are separate words. 276 00:39:58,458 --> 00:40:02,207 l just taught him separate words, 277 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:05,415 and he can't understand your rhyme yet. 278 00:41:28,333 --> 00:41:33,249 lt's no use, he doesn't even respond to a feigned thrust. 279 00:41:33,375 --> 00:41:36,749 - Doesn't respond to feigned thrust. - ...feigned thrust. 280 00:41:36,875 --> 00:41:40,415 l don't think he's a hard boiled swindler. 281 00:41:40,541 --> 00:41:43,374 He's got absolutely no conception ofdanger! 282 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:46,040 - No conception ofdanger. - No conception ofdanger. 283 00:41:46,166 --> 00:41:49,582 lt didn't even scare him. 284 00:41:50,541 --> 00:41:52,540 How about trial by fire? 285 00:41:52,666 --> 00:41:56,665 - Trial by fire? ls thatfor the record? - Yes. 286 00:42:09,250 --> 00:42:11,832 He's not afraid ofthe flame. 287 00:43:07,083 --> 00:43:09,374 Charmed to meet you! 288 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:11,665 Charmed, l'm sure! 289 00:43:17,791 --> 00:43:37,040 Charmed to meet you! 290 00:43:40,291 --> 00:43:42,290 Do it, do it... 291 00:43:50,125 --> 00:43:52,915 Look at him gapin'! 292 00:44:07,625 --> 00:44:09,999 He's never seen that before. 293 00:44:13,208 --> 00:44:16,832 Look, look... look here! 294 00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:21,499 He's trying to flee. Look! 295 00:45:17,875 --> 00:45:20,582 Pick up the baby, Kaspar, go ahead. 296 00:45:33,458 --> 00:45:35,499 Mother! 297 00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:41,790 l am so far away from everything. 298 00:45:56,875 --> 00:45:59,832 l eat with my handses... 299 00:45:59,958 --> 00:46:02,499 With your hands! 300 00:46:03,375 --> 00:46:07,540 - With my handses. - With your hands! 301 00:46:07,666 --> 00:46:09,957 Have you heard anything? 302 00:46:10,083 --> 00:46:14,374 A number of people have testified that the foundling 303 00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:19,040 ran away from a group of English circus equestrians. 304 00:46:19,166 --> 00:46:23,999 - They were in the Oberpfalz area. - What was that? 305 00:46:24,125 --> 00:46:30,332 Other citizens say he is a member ofthe Baden dynasty 306 00:46:30,458 --> 00:46:33,665 who was to be eliminated as most likely heir. 307 00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:36,124 - That'sjust a rumour. - That's absurd! 308 00:46:36,250 --> 00:46:40,082 The Baden dynasty, however, is beyond all reproach. 309 00:46:40,208 --> 00:46:45,749 Besides, there are better ways ofgetting rid of unwanted heirs. 310 00:46:45,875 --> 00:46:50,499 l don't believe the story in any case. Just look at him! 311 00:46:50,625 --> 00:46:53,915 - With his coarse, rustic features! - Yes, yes... 312 00:46:54,041 --> 00:46:57,957 There's nothing refined about him at all. 313 00:47:00,500 --> 00:47:03,582 She can't walk on two feet! 314 00:47:08,666 --> 00:47:14,665 After all, he's beginning to be a burden on the community coffers. 315 00:47:14,791 --> 00:47:16,915 He's costing us a pretty penny. 316 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:24,832 Perhaps he should begin contributing to his own upkeep somehow. 317 00:47:24,958 --> 00:47:31,040 One could turn the public interest in him to good use. 318 00:47:50,958 --> 00:47:54,624 Come right on up, ladies and gentlemen! 319 00:47:54,750 --> 00:47:57,332 Parents keep an eye on their children! 320 00:47:57,458 --> 00:47:59,457 Come right on up, ladies and gentlemen! 321 00:47:59,583 --> 00:48:03,665 Now before we present the Four Riddles ofthe Spheres, 322 00:48:03,791 --> 00:48:06,499 we have for you an entertaining intermezzo. 323 00:48:06,625 --> 00:48:12,207 This wild bear, Kublai Khan, from farthest central Asia 324 00:48:12,333 --> 00:48:17,207 came to us somewhere in Mongolia, where the Huns live. 325 00:48:17,333 --> 00:48:23,124 With one sweep of his mighty paw he can kill a bull! 326 00:48:24,083 --> 00:48:29,624 But here in the temperate zones, dear children, 327 00:48:29,750 --> 00:48:34,124 he is as tame and cuddly as a little cat. 328 00:48:34,250 --> 00:48:35,624 Hup! 329 00:48:42,958 --> 00:48:45,874 Here our lndian fire-eater, 330 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:50,540 ourfakir, a living flame, 331 00:48:50,666 --> 00:48:52,582 a veritable mountain offire! 332 00:48:56,625 --> 00:49:02,124 He has succeeded, ladies and gentlemen, by will power alone 333 00:49:02,250 --> 00:49:06,040 in rejecting every trace ofa burn or scorch! 334 00:49:06,166 --> 00:49:07,999 Show us your skin! 335 00:49:08,125 --> 00:49:12,624 Soft as a baby's, not a blemish. 336 00:49:15,291 --> 00:49:17,624 What's this, you scoundrel? 337 00:49:22,333 --> 00:49:23,832 And now... 338 00:49:24,500 --> 00:49:26,332 Ladies and gentlemen, 339 00:49:26,458 --> 00:49:31,624 for the very first time in the history ofthe world, 340 00:49:31,750 --> 00:49:36,749 brought togetherfor you and only for the first time - 341 00:49:37,791 --> 00:49:39,540 The Four Riddles ofthe Spheres! 342 00:49:39,666 --> 00:49:44,165 Minors please keep their distance. 343 00:49:46,500 --> 00:49:51,332 The gravity of my presentation permits of no childish pranks. 344 00:49:56,833 --> 00:49:59,332 And now for the first Riddle. 345 00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:04,415 The Little King! 346 00:50:06,458 --> 00:50:14,749 Monarch ofthe Golden Land of Punt ofsong and legend. 347 00:50:14,875 --> 00:50:17,790 The last link ofan ancient line ofgiants! 348 00:50:17,916 --> 00:50:22,040 Each king ofthis line was tinier than the last. 349 00:50:22,875 --> 00:50:27,082 Here you see the last living member ofthe royal family. 350 00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:36,165 Anotherfew centuries, and the Kings of Punt will be invisible. 351 00:50:36,291 --> 00:50:40,665 The very last king will be no bigger than a flea! 352 00:50:41,916 --> 00:50:47,082 Yes, there he sits, our Little King, 353 00:50:47,208 --> 00:50:53,957 cowering like an outcast in the corner of his throne. 354 00:50:56,916 --> 00:51:02,457 And as the kings have grown tinier, so have their kingdoms. 355 00:51:02,583 --> 00:51:06,582 His kingdom is no larger than the spot he is sitting on, 356 00:51:06,708 --> 00:51:14,332 for neither can he leave his kingdom without outside help nor can he climb it. 357 00:51:14,458 --> 00:51:17,249 Our next Riddle, ladies and gentlemen, 358 00:51:17,375 --> 00:51:22,415 our next Riddle of Science - the Young Mozart! 359 00:51:23,458 --> 00:51:28,832 One day long ago he fell into a deep trance 360 00:51:28,958 --> 00:51:31,790 and asked for nothing more but the music of Mozart. 361 00:51:31,916 --> 00:51:36,499 At a tender age he already knew all the scores by heart. 362 00:51:37,375 --> 00:51:42,874 Now, still in the trance, he looks for dark holes in the earth, 363 00:51:44,125 --> 00:51:49,374 because they tried to teach him to read and write at school. 364 00:51:49,500 --> 00:51:52,874 Since that day he has lost the power ofspeech. 365 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:58,082 He was not able to read or write he says, 366 00:51:58,208 --> 00:52:01,749 because the whiteness ofthe paper blinded him. 367 00:52:01,875 --> 00:52:05,374 Day in, day out, he peers into dark, deep holes in the earth, 368 00:52:05,500 --> 00:52:10,332 looking for entrances to caves and underground waterways. 369 00:52:11,083 --> 00:52:15,957 As you see, there is no way to gain the poorfellow's attention. 370 00:52:20,750 --> 00:52:24,665 His mind is completely engrossed in zones oftwilight. 371 00:52:26,458 --> 00:52:31,082 Our next Riddle, a living specimen ofanthropology, 372 00:52:31,208 --> 00:52:33,082 is Hombrecito. 373 00:52:34,333 --> 00:52:38,874 An untamed lndian from the sunny shores of New Spain. 374 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:43,624 This wildman is the sole remaining member in all of Europe 375 00:52:43,750 --> 00:52:47,332 ofthe renowned and legendary Kaffir and lndian Show. 376 00:52:48,333 --> 00:52:52,874 He plays his wooden flute night and day, 377 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:57,332 because he believes that if he stops, 378 00:52:57,458 --> 00:53:00,415 all the people in town will die. 379 00:53:01,750 --> 00:53:07,207 He wears three separatejackets to keep from catching cold 380 00:53:07,333 --> 00:53:13,457 and to protect himseIf from the evil breath of mankind. 381 00:53:13,583 --> 00:53:17,165 Hombrecito is a jolly good fellow, and quite tame. 382 00:53:17,291 --> 00:53:21,582 He speaks hardly a word ofany tongue - except lndian ofcourse. 383 00:53:21,708 --> 00:53:22,999 Hup! 384 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:37,165 And now to the final and greatest Riddle ofall! 385 00:53:37,291 --> 00:53:40,790 Kaspar, the Foundling! 386 00:53:40,916 --> 00:53:45,832 He has agreed, with the express permission ofthe authorities 387 00:53:45,958 --> 00:53:48,332 to appear in person here every afternoon, 388 00:53:48,458 --> 00:53:53,499 and thus to ease the community's financial burden. 389 00:53:54,708 --> 00:53:57,499 Thank you, Kaspar! 390 00:54:01,125 --> 00:54:08,040 Kaspar Hauser was found in the Town Square ofthis fine city, 391 00:54:08,166 --> 00:54:12,207 just as you see him standing before you today. 392 00:54:13,416 --> 00:54:17,957 ln his right hand, a prayer-book, 393 00:54:18,083 --> 00:54:22,499 and his left, the Anonymous Letter. 394 00:54:24,666 --> 00:54:29,457 Abandoned to his fate in a strange town, 395 00:54:29,583 --> 00:54:33,165 the boy could neither speak nor walk. 396 00:54:33,291 --> 00:54:39,749 He had never seen a living human being in his life before! 397 00:54:42,250 --> 00:54:47,790 His origin remains in darkness to this day, ladies and gentlemen. 398 00:54:47,916 --> 00:54:49,999 ls he a prince? 399 00:54:52,125 --> 00:54:55,499 Or perhaps descended from Napoleon? 400 00:54:57,208 --> 00:55:01,457 His is and will remain the Riddle ofthe European Continent! 401 00:55:55,750 --> 00:55:58,499 Come here, Hombrecito! 402 00:56:00,833 --> 00:56:04,540 Kaspar, have you gone mad? 403 00:56:04,666 --> 00:56:06,915 l will get you! 404 00:56:07,041 --> 00:56:09,290 Hombrecito! 405 00:56:14,458 --> 00:56:15,832 Stop! 406 00:56:17,125 --> 00:56:21,457 Stop, l said! 407 00:56:22,416 --> 00:56:25,332 Kaspar! Ah! There's Mozart! 408 00:56:25,458 --> 00:56:28,165 Take the child. There's Mozart. 409 00:56:28,291 --> 00:56:30,999 Here! Go and lookfor him! 410 00:56:31,125 --> 00:56:33,124 Come down from there! 411 00:56:33,250 --> 00:56:35,165 Stop shaking that branch! 412 00:56:35,291 --> 00:56:36,999 You're gonna break the branch in two! 413 00:56:37,125 --> 00:56:38,874 l forbid you to shake it! 414 00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,165 - You mustn't break the branch! - What about the beehive? 415 00:56:43,083 --> 00:56:45,915 - Get down! - Kaspar! 416 00:56:46,041 --> 00:56:49,124 Come down here! Come here, boy! Come here! 417 00:56:49,250 --> 00:56:53,082 - Keep searching for Kasper. - Come here. 418 00:56:58,458 --> 00:57:00,374 The beehive! Ah, it's locked. 419 00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:03,415 He couldn't be in there. 420 00:57:19,166 --> 00:57:22,957 l want to fly like a rider, 421 00:57:25,333 --> 00:57:28,582 midst the bloody tussle ofwar! 422 00:57:35,125 --> 00:57:38,915 What a fine report, what a beautiful report this will make! 423 00:57:39,041 --> 00:57:44,582 l shall write a report the likes ofwhich has never been seen! 424 00:59:28,875 --> 00:59:31,915 Kaspar, what's wrong? Are you feeling well? 425 00:59:36,875 --> 00:59:39,790 ltfeels strong in my heart. 426 00:59:41,458 --> 00:59:45,374 The music feels strong in my heart. 427 00:59:46,625 --> 00:59:49,707 l feel so unexpectedly old. 428 00:59:49,833 --> 00:59:52,332 You've been in the world for such a short time, Kaspar. 429 00:59:52,458 --> 00:59:55,249 You've got your whole life ahead ofyou. 430 00:59:55,375 --> 00:59:57,957 Why is everything so hard for me? 431 00:59:59,166 --> 01:00:02,665 Why can't l play the piano like l can breathe? 432 01:00:04,500 --> 01:00:09,040 Look Kaspar, in the two short years you have been here with me, 433 01:00:09,166 --> 01:00:11,707 you have learned so much! 434 01:00:11,833 --> 01:00:16,124 You must make up for lost time now, at your age, 435 01:00:16,250 --> 01:00:18,749 because you weren't among people before. 436 01:00:19,916 --> 01:00:22,082 The people are like wolves to me! 437 01:00:22,958 --> 01:00:24,957 No, you mustn't say that. 438 01:00:25,083 --> 01:00:27,999 Look at Florian, he lives here too. 439 01:00:28,125 --> 01:00:31,665 He's been blind ever since he lost his entire family in an accident, 440 01:00:31,791 --> 01:00:33,999 but he doesn't complain. 441 01:00:34,125 --> 01:00:36,207 He plays the piano all day long, 442 01:00:36,333 --> 01:00:40,082 even though his music sounds a little strange. 443 01:00:47,833 --> 01:00:50,707 Oh, that's quite tall! 444 01:00:51,500 --> 01:00:56,832 A very big man must have built it. 445 01:00:57,500 --> 01:00:59,165 l would like to meet him. 446 01:01:00,375 --> 01:01:04,499 No, Kaspar, a man doesn't have to be as tall as the tower he builds. 447 01:01:04,625 --> 01:01:06,665 He can use a scaffold! 448 01:01:06,791 --> 01:01:09,207 l'll take you to see a building site. 449 01:01:10,458 --> 01:01:15,040 You lived in this tower, where that little window is. 450 01:01:15,166 --> 01:01:16,999 Do you remember? 451 01:01:17,916 --> 01:01:20,332 - That cannot be! - How come? 452 01:01:20,458 --> 01:01:24,124 Because the room is only a few steps big. 453 01:01:24,250 --> 01:01:25,874 l don't understand. 454 01:01:28,416 --> 01:01:34,290 Wherever l look in the room, 455 01:01:34,833 --> 01:01:40,040 to the right, to the left, 456 01:01:40,166 --> 01:01:44,290 frontwards and backwards - there's only room. 457 01:01:47,208 --> 01:01:49,790 But when l look at the tower, 458 01:01:52,125 --> 01:01:54,790 and l turn around, 459 01:01:56,375 --> 01:01:58,665 the tower is gone! 460 01:01:59,416 --> 01:02:03,874 So, the room is bigger than the tower! 461 01:02:04,791 --> 01:02:07,832 No, Kaspar, that's not right. 462 01:02:07,958 --> 01:02:11,332 Think about it a little more. l still don't understand. 463 01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:14,790 How do you mean that? 464 01:02:16,458 --> 01:02:20,207 Yes, let's ask him. lt's important. 465 01:02:20,333 --> 01:02:22,207 Another cup ofcoffee, Pastor? 466 01:02:22,333 --> 01:02:25,165 Yes, please, it's excellent! 467 01:02:25,291 --> 01:02:28,207 - Another cup ofcoffee? - Yes, please. 468 01:02:31,958 --> 01:02:34,582 You're not going to torture him much longer, are you? 469 01:02:34,708 --> 01:02:36,540 He's got to do his homework. 470 01:02:36,666 --> 01:02:38,665 l wouldn't call it torture! 471 01:02:49,458 --> 01:02:51,665 - l'll leave the pot here. - Thanks. 472 01:02:55,875 --> 01:02:58,374 Kaspar, what we really want to know is 473 01:02:58,500 --> 01:03:06,665 whether a Higher Being didn't occupy your thoughts in prison. 474 01:03:07,750 --> 01:03:10,624 l don't understand the question. 475 01:03:10,750 --> 01:03:14,249 ln my prison l didn't think ofanything. 476 01:03:16,041 --> 01:03:19,249 And l cannot imagine 477 01:03:19,375 --> 01:03:23,832 that God created everything out of nothing, 478 01:03:23,958 --> 01:03:26,499 like you say! 479 01:03:27,833 --> 01:03:33,790 lf he doesn't understand God, then he'll simply have to have faith! 480 01:03:33,916 --> 01:03:35,749 You must have faith! 481 01:03:35,875 --> 01:03:40,665 The tenets offaith transcend mortal doubt. 482 01:03:43,666 --> 01:03:49,915 First l have to learn to read and write better to understand. 483 01:03:50,833 --> 01:03:54,249 No, Kaspar, the articles offaith are more important. 484 01:03:54,375 --> 01:03:59,040 And do stop pressing your thumb and finger when you speak! 485 01:03:59,833 --> 01:04:02,624 And now, my son, please repeat this prayer after me. 486 01:04:04,833 --> 01:04:06,374 Repeat after me! 487 01:04:06,500 --> 01:04:12,332 For the peace of God is higher than all mortal coils, 488 01:04:12,458 --> 01:04:17,457 keep our hearts in the name ofJesus Christ, Amen. 489 01:04:19,250 --> 01:04:22,040 Please, repeat. Say it! 490 01:04:25,208 --> 01:04:29,249 Look, these are last years apples. 491 01:04:30,166 --> 01:04:32,165 Big and red, aren't they? 492 01:04:33,291 --> 01:04:39,457 And those apples on the tree will lookjust the same soon. 493 01:04:39,583 --> 01:04:41,249 How do they do that? 494 01:04:41,375 --> 01:04:43,332 Time does it, Kaspar. 495 01:04:43,458 --> 01:04:45,415 And the Lord's plan! 496 01:04:48,250 --> 01:04:53,124 Let the apples lie, they're tired and want to sleep. 497 01:04:53,250 --> 01:04:56,332 Kaspar, an apple can't be tired. 498 01:04:56,458 --> 01:05:00,915 Apples don't have lives oftheir own - they follow our will. 499 01:05:01,041 --> 01:05:07,290 l'm going to roll one down the path, it'll stop where l want it to. 500 01:05:09,750 --> 01:05:13,707 The apple didn't stop, it hid in the grass! 501 01:05:13,833 --> 01:05:18,790 May l have your help in demonstrating it to him, Mr Fuhrmann? 502 01:05:18,916 --> 01:05:20,665 Come here, Kaspar, watch! 503 01:05:20,791 --> 01:05:22,582 Stand here where you can see. 504 01:05:22,708 --> 01:05:26,749 Now, pay attention, Kaspar. Mr Fuhrmann is going to put out his foot, 505 01:05:26,875 --> 01:05:33,290 and when l roll the apple, it will stop right where we want it to. 506 01:05:33,416 --> 01:05:35,249 Watch this! 507 01:05:37,166 --> 01:05:39,332 This apple is smart! 508 01:05:39,458 --> 01:05:43,165 ltjumped over his foot and ran away! 509 01:05:43,291 --> 01:05:45,040 Smart apple! 510 01:06:01,625 --> 01:06:04,999 What are women good for? 511 01:06:05,125 --> 01:06:07,790 Can you tell me that, Kathe? 512 01:06:09,958 --> 01:06:13,832 Women are not good for anything but sitting still! 513 01:06:13,958 --> 01:06:16,332 But Kaspar... 514 01:06:17,500 --> 01:06:21,374 Why are women allowed only to knit and cook? 515 01:06:22,833 --> 01:06:25,999 You'll have to ask Mr Daumer that, Kaspar. 516 01:06:26,125 --> 01:06:28,540 He'll know a decent answerfor you. 517 01:06:28,666 --> 01:06:32,040 l've already asked Mr Daumer. 518 01:06:37,375 --> 01:06:41,374 Yes, Mr Daumer is an educated man. 519 01:06:43,500 --> 01:06:45,665 l will never learn as much as him. 520 01:06:47,666 --> 01:06:50,957 He told me about the Sahara Desert, 521 01:06:52,791 --> 01:06:56,124 and l can't get it out of my head! 522 01:06:58,375 --> 01:07:01,749 Kathe, have you been to the Sahara Desert? 523 01:07:01,875 --> 01:07:05,332 l'm just a housekeeper, l don't gojourneying so much. 524 01:07:06,041 --> 01:07:08,457 l was in Erlangen once. 525 01:07:10,291 --> 01:07:13,457 But it's a long way from there to the desert! 526 01:07:14,750 --> 01:07:18,874 l know a story about the desert, 527 01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:21,624 but only the beginning. 528 01:07:21,750 --> 01:07:24,249 Yes, Mr Daumer told me about it. 529 01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:29,207 He said you keep trying to tell him a story, 530 01:07:29,333 --> 01:07:31,582 but you only know the beginning. 531 01:07:31,708 --> 01:07:35,957 He says you should wait to tell it until you know the end 532 01:07:36,083 --> 01:07:38,165 and notjust the beginning. 533 01:07:38,291 --> 01:07:44,582 Yes, he takes it seriously, that you should learn to tell a story right. 534 01:08:36,750 --> 01:08:43,874 lf l... can ask... 535 01:08:45,833 --> 01:08:50,082 Mister Daumer... 536 01:08:52,500 --> 01:08:55,249 to read... 537 01:08:59,416 --> 01:09:04,915 this letter... 538 01:09:17,500 --> 01:09:20,332 at his pleasure. 539 01:09:25,500 --> 01:09:31,957 Afew days ago l took some cress seeds 540 01:09:32,083 --> 01:09:34,957 and sowed my name with them. 541 01:09:35,875 --> 01:09:39,374 And it came up right pretty. 542 01:09:40,708 --> 01:09:48,957 And it made me so happy that l can hardly say. 543 01:09:51,458 --> 01:09:57,124 And yesterday, when l came backfrom boating, 544 01:09:58,666 --> 01:10:04,082 somebody had come into the garden 545 01:10:04,208 --> 01:10:07,290 and stepped on my name. 546 01:10:09,666 --> 01:10:12,624 l cried for a long time. 547 01:10:13,750 --> 01:10:19,457 l am going to sow the name again. 548 01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:42,790 lt dreamed to me... 549 01:10:42,916 --> 01:10:44,957 You had a dream? 550 01:10:45,083 --> 01:10:47,832 Tell it to me! 551 01:10:47,958 --> 01:10:50,249 Yes, it dreamed to me. 552 01:10:51,500 --> 01:10:54,332 You're really coming along, Kaspar. 553 01:10:54,458 --> 01:10:59,374 You used to think all your dreams were real. 554 01:10:59,500 --> 01:11:03,540 Just a fortnight ago, you said you saw the mayor's wife, 555 01:11:03,666 --> 01:11:09,749 even though everybody knows she'd gone on a journey. 556 01:11:10,791 --> 01:11:12,749 Strange! 557 01:11:12,875 --> 01:11:19,249 Strange that you didn't dream once during your years in prison! 558 01:11:21,166 --> 01:11:26,124 l dreamed ofthe Caucasus. 559 01:12:41,958 --> 01:12:44,874 ltjust can't be true when you say 560 01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:48,790 that your bed is the only place in the world you're really happy in. 561 01:12:48,916 --> 01:12:51,124 And everything else is bad. 562 01:12:52,500 --> 01:12:55,124 Don't you like the garden? 563 01:12:55,250 --> 01:12:57,624 The gooseberry bushes? 564 01:12:57,750 --> 01:13:00,582 Or the onions over there? 565 01:13:01,708 --> 01:13:04,249 Everything that's green... 566 01:13:09,250 --> 01:13:13,207 Well, it seems to me... 567 01:13:14,833 --> 01:13:20,249 that my coming into this world... 568 01:13:22,416 --> 01:13:26,374 was a terribly hard fall! 569 01:13:26,500 --> 01:13:29,082 But Kaspar! 570 01:13:29,208 --> 01:13:30,749 That... 571 01:13:32,666 --> 01:13:36,040 No, that's not... How should l explain it to you? 572 01:13:46,708 --> 01:13:50,207 Kaspar, the Professor here has come all this way 573 01:13:50,333 --> 01:13:52,374 to ask you a question. 574 01:13:52,500 --> 01:13:55,499 He wants to see how well you can think 575 01:13:55,625 --> 01:13:59,040 and what you have learned in these two years 576 01:13:59,166 --> 01:14:01,040 and whether you can think logically. 577 01:14:01,166 --> 01:14:03,457 Will you answer him? 578 01:14:04,708 --> 01:14:07,582 - Yes! - Good. 579 01:14:07,708 --> 01:14:10,040 Kaspar... 580 01:14:12,458 --> 01:14:16,457 Let's pretend that this is a village. 581 01:14:16,583 --> 01:14:20,415 ln this village live people who tell only the truth. 582 01:14:22,166 --> 01:14:24,665 Here is another village. 583 01:14:24,791 --> 01:14:28,499 The people here only tell lies. 584 01:14:29,583 --> 01:14:33,040 There's a path running towards you from this village, 585 01:14:33,166 --> 01:14:37,165 and there's another path running towards you from the other village. 586 01:14:37,291 --> 01:14:39,249 And you are at the crossroads. 587 01:14:39,375 --> 01:14:42,374 A man comes along, and you want to know... 588 01:14:42,500 --> 01:14:45,540 Does he come from the village ofthe truthtellers, 589 01:14:45,666 --> 01:14:48,874 or does he come from the village ofthe liars? 590 01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:53,207 Now in order to solve this problem, to solve it logically, 591 01:14:53,333 --> 01:14:56,957 you have one question, and only one. 592 01:14:57,083 --> 01:14:59,665 What is the question? 593 01:15:02,125 --> 01:15:06,165 That's too difficultfor him, how can he know that? 594 01:15:07,375 --> 01:15:10,707 l admit, the question is thorny. 595 01:15:10,833 --> 01:15:15,457 lfyou ask the man whether he comes from the village oftruth, 596 01:15:15,583 --> 01:15:20,874 and he does, then he will say, truthfully, yes. 597 01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:25,749 But if he comes from the village of lies, he will lie 598 01:15:25,875 --> 01:15:28,707 and also answer yes. 599 01:15:28,833 --> 01:15:35,415 Yet there exists one question which will solve the problem. 600 01:15:37,208 --> 01:15:40,999 That's much to hard, too complicated. 601 01:15:42,083 --> 01:15:44,624 You have one question, Kaspar, 602 01:15:44,750 --> 01:15:49,415 and only one, to solve this problem of logic. 603 01:15:51,666 --> 01:15:53,499 l wouldn't know either. 604 01:15:54,625 --> 01:15:56,582 Kaspar, 605 01:15:56,708 --> 01:15:58,707 ifyou can't think ofthe question, 606 01:15:58,833 --> 01:16:01,207 then l shall tell you. 607 01:16:01,333 --> 01:16:05,332 lfyou came from the other village 608 01:16:05,458 --> 01:16:07,707 would you answer 'no' 609 01:16:07,833 --> 01:16:12,915 if l were to ask you whether you came from the liars' village? 610 01:16:14,583 --> 01:16:17,124 By means ofa double negative, 611 01:16:17,250 --> 01:16:21,540 the liar is forced to tell the truth. 612 01:16:21,666 --> 01:16:26,624 This construction forces him to reveal his identity, you see. 613 01:16:26,750 --> 01:16:30,790 That's what l call logic via argument to the truth! 614 01:16:32,583 --> 01:16:37,832 - Well, l know another question. - You do? 615 01:16:38,750 --> 01:16:40,374 There is no other question. 616 01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:43,832 - Not by the laws of logic. - There isn't? 617 01:16:47,250 --> 01:16:51,374 But l do know another question. 618 01:16:51,500 --> 01:16:53,499 Let us hear it, then! 619 01:16:54,583 --> 01:17:00,332 l should ask the man whether he was a tree-frog. 620 01:17:01,958 --> 01:17:06,249 The man from the truth village would say, 621 01:17:06,375 --> 01:17:09,665 "No, l'm not a tree-frog," 622 01:17:09,791 --> 01:17:12,499 because he tells the truth. 623 01:17:14,500 --> 01:17:19,624 The man from the liars' village would say, 624 01:17:19,750 --> 01:17:22,332 "Yes, l'm a tree-frog," 625 01:17:22,458 --> 01:17:25,332 because he would tell a lie. 626 01:17:25,458 --> 01:17:28,624 Therefore l know 627 01:17:28,750 --> 01:17:34,040 that he comes from the liars' village. 628 01:17:34,166 --> 01:17:38,499 No, that's not a proper question. 629 01:17:38,625 --> 01:17:41,749 No, l can't accept it as a question. 630 01:17:42,458 --> 01:17:44,499 That's not logic. 631 01:17:45,500 --> 01:17:48,749 Logic is deduction, not description. 632 01:17:49,458 --> 01:17:54,332 That'sjust a description, not logic. 633 01:17:54,458 --> 01:17:56,582 - There's no deduction. - But l understood his question. 634 01:17:56,708 --> 01:17:59,540 Understanding is secondary, 635 01:17:59,666 --> 01:18:01,707 the reasoning is the thing. 636 01:18:01,833 --> 01:18:06,124 ln Logic and Mathematics we do not "understand" things, 637 01:18:06,250 --> 01:18:07,957 but we reason and deduce. 638 01:18:08,083 --> 01:18:11,457 l cannot accept that question. 639 01:18:17,500 --> 01:18:20,249 Died June 30th. 640 01:18:20,375 --> 01:18:22,915 Karl Friedrich WoIf, apprentice bookbinder 641 01:18:23,041 --> 01:18:28,707 and orphaned son ofJohannes WoIf, haberdasher and tradesman. 642 01:18:29,583 --> 01:18:35,290 Age - 18 years, 9 months, and 27 days. 643 01:18:36,416 --> 01:18:38,749 Cause ofdeath - consumption. 644 01:18:39,875 --> 01:18:46,165 Died July 6th, Josef Christian Friedrich Hölzlein. 645 01:18:46,291 --> 01:18:50,332 Age - 22 days. 646 01:18:50,458 --> 01:18:52,749 Cause ofdeath - gout. 647 01:18:53,833 --> 01:18:59,832 With gratitude we record the Guardianship Council's petition 648 01:18:59,958 --> 01:19:01,832 to all men ofgenerous heart 649 01:19:01,958 --> 01:19:06,332 to ease the lot ofthe poor and destitute among us. 650 01:19:06,458 --> 01:19:10,624 Flowers will also be accepted. 651 01:19:12,958 --> 01:19:17,374 No, Käthe dear, my eyes aren't what they used to be. 652 01:19:21,333 --> 01:19:25,374 Would you be so kind as to call on the tailor today? 653 01:19:25,500 --> 01:19:28,332 Kaspar will be needing his new coat tomorrow. 654 01:19:28,458 --> 01:19:30,915 l'll do it today. 655 01:19:40,333 --> 01:19:42,249 Don't stop writing, Kaspar. 656 01:19:42,375 --> 01:19:45,624 How far along are you with your biography? 657 01:19:45,750 --> 01:19:49,457 You know, the word is out that you are working on it, 658 01:19:49,583 --> 01:19:53,749 and everybody l know is dying to read it. 659 01:19:56,625 --> 01:20:02,040 No, l don't want to let go ofany of it yet. 660 01:20:02,916 --> 01:20:07,082 There are so many words l don't know 661 01:20:07,208 --> 01:20:12,457 and so many things l don't understand yet. 662 01:20:13,291 --> 01:20:15,832 Sorry to disturb you, 663 01:20:15,958 --> 01:20:18,624 but l just wanted to tell you 664 01:20:18,750 --> 01:20:25,290 that an English nobleman, Count Stanhope, has come to town. 665 01:20:25,416 --> 01:20:29,624 He has taken great interest in your situation, 666 01:20:29,750 --> 01:20:32,957 and said that he would like to adopt you 667 01:20:33,083 --> 01:20:35,665 ifyou made a good impression. 668 01:20:37,416 --> 01:20:41,665 lt would be a wonderful new startfor you. 669 01:21:51,750 --> 01:21:53,915 l am overwhelmed. 670 01:21:55,291 --> 01:21:56,624 Welcome! 671 01:21:56,750 --> 01:21:58,499 Thank you. 672 01:22:02,333 --> 01:22:07,332 l should like to introduce my young protégé Kaspar. 673 01:22:07,458 --> 01:22:11,499 Kaspar, this is our charming hostess. 674 01:22:11,625 --> 01:22:15,707 Don't be afraid, give the lady your hand. 675 01:22:17,916 --> 01:22:21,999 And this is our gracious host 676 01:22:22,125 --> 01:22:26,082 who will open the doors ofsociety to you. 677 01:22:28,500 --> 01:22:33,124 Allow me to introduce my young protégé Kaspar to you. 678 01:22:37,750 --> 01:22:40,624 lsn't he droll! 679 01:22:40,750 --> 01:22:43,249 Yes, quite the noble savage! 680 01:22:43,375 --> 01:22:46,790 - Enchanté, Madame. - Kaspar! 681 01:22:50,875 --> 01:22:56,165 Kaspar, l should like you to meet the mayor and his wife. 682 01:22:56,291 --> 01:22:58,249 Hello, Kaspar. 683 01:23:02,083 --> 01:23:04,749 l'm so happy to meet you, Kaspar. 684 01:23:04,875 --> 01:23:09,915 Tell me, what was it like in that dark cellar ofyours? 685 01:23:10,041 --> 01:23:12,165 Better than outside! 686 01:23:12,291 --> 01:23:15,832 But we all like you so much, Kaspar. 687 01:23:19,166 --> 01:23:21,790 Kaspar, were you about to say something? 688 01:23:21,916 --> 01:23:25,040 You needn't be afraid ofthe people here. 689 01:23:25,166 --> 01:23:31,749 You just tell us whatever comes into your natural young head. 690 01:23:31,875 --> 01:23:38,915 Your Grace, nothing lives in me except my life! 691 01:23:39,041 --> 01:23:42,790 Oh no, there's much more alive inside ofyou. 692 01:23:42,916 --> 01:23:45,999 You've been making such fine progress with your music, 693 01:23:46,125 --> 01:23:54,707 something that educates and ennobles ourfeelings! 694 01:23:56,583 --> 01:24:03,415 Your Grace, l would like to play a piece on the piano. 695 01:24:04,291 --> 01:24:11,040 l shall play Mozart's waltz in F major. 696 01:25:26,875 --> 01:25:32,040 l'm notfeeling well, may l be excused? 697 01:25:32,166 --> 01:25:35,082 A little fresh air will help. 698 01:25:35,750 --> 01:25:37,707 l'll open the window a bit. 699 01:25:37,833 --> 01:25:40,332 Are you feeling better, Kaspar? 700 01:25:41,375 --> 01:25:47,040 l think it would be better ifwe left him alone for a moment. 701 01:25:58,916 --> 01:26:05,499 There's no cause for concern. Kaspar is feeling a bitfaint. 702 01:26:07,291 --> 01:26:12,582 Perhaps in the meantime l can tell you of my visit to Greece. 703 01:26:12,708 --> 01:26:18,082 Not many days ago, the sun of Hellas shone down on me. 704 01:26:18,208 --> 01:26:23,582 l loitered, Pindar in hand, underneath the columns of Corinth. 705 01:26:23,708 --> 01:26:27,624 The sunrises were indescribable, 706 01:26:27,750 --> 01:26:33,582 the crystal clarity ofthe Greek light unforgettable. 707 01:26:35,208 --> 01:26:39,207 A balm to the soul, that unsullied atmosphere! 708 01:26:41,083 --> 01:26:43,374 l continued onto Crete. 709 01:26:44,583 --> 01:26:47,374 There l rode the mules. 710 01:26:48,833 --> 01:26:53,540 The backs ofthese animals are often quite hard, you know, 711 01:26:53,666 --> 01:26:58,415 and l was forced to wear peasants' trousers! 712 01:26:59,875 --> 01:27:05,165 Then l went to the festivals ofthe simple peasants ofthe countryside. 713 01:27:06,125 --> 01:27:08,540 l saw the charming dances... 714 01:27:13,500 --> 01:27:16,915 Excuse me please, my protégé... 715 01:27:26,625 --> 01:27:30,665 What's the meaning ofthis, Kaspar? What's that you're doing? 716 01:27:32,958 --> 01:27:35,624 l don't understand it... 717 01:27:35,750 --> 01:27:40,415 And what manner ofsilly business is this? 718 01:27:42,500 --> 01:27:46,374 Apparently l've been guilty ofa misjudgement. 719 01:27:46,500 --> 01:27:49,332 There hasn't been enough time 720 01:27:49,458 --> 01:27:53,957 for me to get a true picture ofthe circumstances. 721 01:28:16,208 --> 01:28:19,999 Kaspar, why did you leave the church? 722 01:28:21,750 --> 01:28:25,582 Well, the singing ofthe congregation 723 01:28:25,708 --> 01:28:28,707 sounds to me like awful howling. 724 01:28:28,833 --> 01:28:35,249 And then the singing stops, the pastor starts to shout. 725 01:28:35,375 --> 01:28:38,790 Kaspar, we have to go back in. 726 01:28:58,416 --> 01:29:00,374 Poor young fellow! 727 01:29:00,500 --> 01:29:04,790 He must have taken too much ofthat laxative the doctor gave him! 728 01:30:49,208 --> 01:30:51,207 - Käthe! - Yes? 729 01:30:51,333 --> 01:30:54,082 Come here for a moment. 730 01:30:57,083 --> 01:31:00,249 lt looks like a bloody handprint. 731 01:31:00,375 --> 01:31:01,665 Mercy me! 732 01:31:01,791 --> 01:31:05,040 l saw him go in here this morning, 733 01:31:05,166 --> 01:31:07,665 and the door wasn't off its hinges. 734 01:31:08,625 --> 01:31:11,957 Look - it's blood! 735 01:31:53,958 --> 01:31:56,249 There are bloodstains on the cellar door. 736 01:31:56,375 --> 01:31:59,290 He can't have broken in by himseIf. 737 01:32:02,125 --> 01:32:03,957 Kaspar! 738 01:32:08,208 --> 01:32:10,665 He's drunk the entire bowl! 739 01:32:10,791 --> 01:32:12,749 Take it out ofyour mouth. 740 01:32:12,875 --> 01:32:16,082 He's bitten a piece out ofthe bowl! 741 01:32:16,208 --> 01:32:19,082 Ah, here's our patient. 742 01:32:19,208 --> 01:32:21,665 Hello, thank you. 743 01:32:25,208 --> 01:32:27,374 Did you apply the bandage? 744 01:32:27,500 --> 01:32:29,374 There wasn't time to do it better. 745 01:32:29,500 --> 01:32:34,665 Were there any other injuries beside the head wound? 746 01:32:34,791 --> 01:32:36,040 No, only his head. 747 01:32:36,166 --> 01:32:38,665 l have a few important questions to ask the victim. 748 01:32:38,791 --> 01:32:40,499 Please - not now. 749 01:32:41,375 --> 01:32:44,207 Well, we won't be getting anything out of him today! 750 01:32:44,333 --> 01:32:47,874 But at least he's not talking the kind of rot he did last week. 751 01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:53,249 All the same, with respect to the crime and Hauser's origins, 752 01:32:53,375 --> 01:32:56,957 we can't expect much from him today. 753 01:32:57,083 --> 01:33:00,290 Then l shall ask you to take your leave, gentlemen. 754 01:33:30,500 --> 01:33:35,540 There was one thing... 755 01:33:37,083 --> 01:33:39,540 l wanted to mention. 756 01:33:40,666 --> 01:33:44,207 But it has nothing to do with the attack on me. 757 01:33:45,916 --> 01:33:49,249 lt is all so clear before my eyes. 758 01:33:50,041 --> 01:33:52,415 Tell us, Kaspar. 759 01:34:05,500 --> 01:34:08,707 l saw the ocean, 760 01:34:08,833 --> 01:34:11,415 and l saw a mountain, 761 01:34:11,541 --> 01:34:16,832 and there were many people climbing up the mountain. 762 01:34:16,958 --> 01:34:19,499 lt was like a procession. 763 01:34:20,625 --> 01:34:22,874 There was a lot offog. 764 01:34:23,000 --> 01:34:27,082 l couldn't see it very clearly, 765 01:34:27,208 --> 01:34:30,499 but at the very top was Death. 766 01:38:20,083 --> 01:38:21,540 Kaspar! 767 01:38:22,250 --> 01:38:25,749 What's happened? He's been stabbed! 768 01:38:26,958 --> 01:38:28,999 What happened? 769 01:38:29,833 --> 01:38:32,499 And where? 770 01:38:50,791 --> 01:38:55,040 The man told me to watch the gardener, 771 01:38:55,166 --> 01:38:59,499 then he gave me this pouch and stabbed me. 772 01:39:00,875 --> 01:39:04,790 l'll take you home, we'll carry you. 773 01:39:07,250 --> 01:39:09,999 Let me see what's in the pouch. 774 01:39:13,375 --> 01:39:15,165 A note! 775 01:39:18,416 --> 01:39:23,374 "Hauser can tell you exactly what l look like 776 01:39:23,500 --> 01:39:25,957 "and where l come from. 777 01:39:26,083 --> 01:39:27,874 "To save him the trouble, 778 01:39:28,000 --> 01:39:31,415 "l'll tell you myseIf where l come from 779 01:39:31,541 --> 01:39:35,290 "and even what my name is. 780 01:39:35,416 --> 01:39:39,165 "M. L. O." 781 01:40:27,708 --> 01:40:32,374 The Lord have mercy on me, for l am weak. 782 01:40:32,500 --> 01:40:36,457 Heal me Lord, for my limbs are stricken. 783 01:40:37,833 --> 01:40:43,290 Lord, why do you hide from me in my hour of need? 784 01:40:44,625 --> 01:40:48,957 Do not go farfrom me, forfear is near. 785 01:40:51,375 --> 01:40:53,707 l am weary ofsighing. 786 01:40:53,833 --> 01:40:56,749 l lay in my sweat all night long, 787 01:40:56,875 --> 01:40:59,832 and my tears moisten my bed. 788 01:41:01,291 --> 01:41:06,374 My body, weakened by mourning, has grown old, 789 01:41:06,500 --> 01:41:09,374 and l am tormented from every side. 790 01:41:10,458 --> 01:41:16,374 Away from me, evil-doers, for the Lord hears my call. 791 01:41:20,250 --> 01:41:22,332 Kaspar, my son, 792 01:41:24,083 --> 01:41:28,499 ifanything is burdening you, please tell us now. 793 01:41:30,458 --> 01:41:32,124 Yes. 794 01:41:37,875 --> 01:41:42,790 There is something, a story... 795 01:41:47,041 --> 01:41:49,499 lt's about a caravan... 796 01:41:53,250 --> 01:41:55,624 and the desert. 797 01:41:58,250 --> 01:42:01,624 But l know only the beginning. 798 01:42:01,750 --> 01:42:04,332 That doesn't matter now. 799 01:42:04,458 --> 01:42:08,540 Tell us the story, even if it's only the beginning. 800 01:42:12,958 --> 01:42:16,624 l see a caravan... 801 01:42:18,416 --> 01:42:21,415 coming through the desert... 802 01:42:23,416 --> 01:42:25,832 across the sands. 803 01:42:28,833 --> 01:42:31,790 And this caravan... 804 01:42:33,000 --> 01:42:40,082 is led by an old Berber tribes man. 805 01:42:43,000 --> 01:42:49,790 And this old man is blind. 806 01:43:33,791 --> 01:43:36,874 Now the caravan stops, 807 01:43:37,000 --> 01:43:40,999 because some believe they are lost, 808 01:43:44,125 --> 01:43:47,249 and because they see mountains ahead ofthem. 809 01:43:47,375 --> 01:43:51,124 They look at their compass, but it's no use. 810 01:43:55,333 --> 01:44:01,707 Then their blind leader picks up a handful ofsand 811 01:44:01,833 --> 01:44:05,082 and tastes it, as though it were food. 812 01:44:09,916 --> 01:44:15,957 My sons, the blind man says, you are wrong. 813 01:44:17,875 --> 01:44:21,040 Those are not mountains you see. 814 01:44:23,291 --> 01:44:26,665 lt is only your imagination. 815 01:44:28,833 --> 01:44:31,874 We must continue northwards. 816 01:44:32,833 --> 01:44:39,749 And they follow the old man's advice... 817 01:44:41,291 --> 01:44:44,915 and finally reach the city in the North. 818 01:44:46,166 --> 01:44:48,915 And that's where the story begins. 819 01:44:50,500 --> 01:44:56,874 But how the story goes after they reach the city, l don't know. 820 01:45:14,666 --> 01:45:19,790 Thank you all for listening to me. 821 01:45:24,041 --> 01:45:26,415 l'm tired now. 822 01:46:09,666 --> 01:46:12,332 There we have it - 823 01:46:12,458 --> 01:46:18,415 the left lobe ofthe liver is greatly enlarged. 824 01:46:18,541 --> 01:46:21,332 That is an unusual finding indeed, and worth recording. 825 01:46:21,458 --> 01:46:23,874 Please take this down. 826 01:46:24,000 --> 01:46:27,499 Left liver lobe enlarged 827 01:46:27,625 --> 01:46:30,749 - and extends... - ...enlarged, yes. 828 01:46:30,875 --> 01:46:34,957 ...and extends to below the left arch ofthe diaphragm. 829 01:46:35,083 --> 01:46:37,332 Doctor, look! 830 01:46:37,458 --> 01:46:39,249 ...arch ofthe diaphragm. 831 01:46:39,375 --> 01:46:43,290 Look at the brain, its shape is rather unusual. 832 01:46:44,791 --> 01:46:47,874 Yes, a remarkable abnormality. 833 01:46:48,000 --> 01:46:51,790 - Overdevelopment ofthe cerebrum. - Oh, l agree, yes! 834 01:46:52,791 --> 01:46:58,290 There is also a deformity ofthe cerebrum. 835 01:46:58,416 --> 01:47:02,332 - The left hemisphere is too small. - That explains a great deal! 836 01:47:02,458 --> 01:47:06,207 This should be recorded. Take this down. 837 01:47:06,333 --> 01:47:09,374 Abnormal cerebrum, 838 01:47:09,500 --> 01:47:13,415 definitely overdeveloped. 839 01:47:13,541 --> 01:47:21,665 Deformity of left cerebral hemisphere... 840 01:47:22,916 --> 01:47:27,915 which does not sufficiently cover the cerebellum. 841 01:47:36,208 --> 01:47:38,165 Coachman! 842 01:47:44,791 --> 01:47:48,124 Coachman, today is a day to remember. 843 01:47:48,250 --> 01:47:53,249 Be so good as to take my hat home with you. 844 01:47:53,375 --> 01:47:56,082 l'm going to walk home. 845 01:48:00,000 --> 01:48:03,957 What a wonderful report, what a precise report this will make! 846 01:48:04,083 --> 01:48:10,665 Deformities discovered in Kaspar Hauser's brain and liver! 847 01:48:10,791 --> 01:48:14,999 Finally we have got an explanation for this strange man, 848 01:48:15,125 --> 01:48:18,332 and no one would ever find anything like this. 849 01:49:10,458 --> 01:49:23,040 THE ENlGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER