Knife in the Head
Director Reinhard Hauff
Countries Germany
Duration 109 min
Synopsis
Berthold Hoffman is shot in the head when he tries to rescue his wife from a police raid against a demonstration of left wing activists. The police consider him a terrorist, his friends a victim of police brutality. Difficulties with language combine with the quest for the truth of that moment. A parable of Germany in the second half of the 20th Century.
Berthold Hoffman is shot in the head when he tries to rescue his wife from a police raid against a demonstration of left wing activists. The police consider him a terrorist, his friends a victim of police brutality. Difficulties with language combine with the quest for the truth of that moment. A parable of Germany in the second half of the 20th Century.