Herzog is true to form, painting a vivid tale suffused with poignant imagery and the protagonist's introspection. It's by no means Werner's best, but it is quite easy to sympathize with Kaspar and the film reveals the subjectivity of human interpretation regarding our developed and environmentally influenced worldviews, so doubtless there are some clever and thoughtful themes to be mused over. Beautifully shot and framed as Herzog's standards required, while being entertaining and complex.

An incredible story that is the always capable hands of Herzog. Bruno S. without acting experience is marvelous and its unfortunate that he only stars in two films.

Absolutely incredible.

I don't think I fully comprehend what this film was about, and you may well label me as ignorant because of it (i've never been good with symbolism). What I do know though, as I write this mere minutes after it has finished, is that I am going to be thinking about it for some time to come, to find its meaning. And isn't that the sign of a great film?

This is such a bizarre (almost surreal), and fascinating tale, and dare I say it, it's very enigmatic. Herzog again flirts with man's attempt to order the chaos of the world, this time through his attempts to understand his primitive, misunderstood origins (in the reclusive, estranged Kaspar). This is an almost frightful, but certainly unnerving character study of the socialization, then resistance of man's subject. It's not hard to see where the most "humanity" and "reason" lies.

Contains one of the most heartwrenching performances I've ever seen. Bruno S. is just stunning in this role. I don't even have the words to describe the peculiarly touching tone that he hits playing the tragic and mysterious character of Kasper Kauser. Herzog is able to draw so much profound substance from the character. First I pitied him. Then I began to admire him. By the end of the movie, I loved him. One of Herzog's best films by far.

This story, which I had never heard of before, is absolutely captivating. It took me several sittings to get through the movie, even though I was memorized by Kasper Hauser while when he was on screen. This makes this film hard to rate. I loved that Herzog didn't try to romanticize Hauser the way that that those in the 19th century did. If there was any hint of idealizing Hauser as a "noble savage," Herzog tears it to pieces in the final scene of the film. My God, how depressing.

seriously, i thought this was really great. i've just had it up to fucking here with all this arty farty bullshit.

There's something that I find incredibly tedious about Herzog's films, but the world would not be the same without him. This was slow moving, but interesting in a way that's very hard to pinpoint. subtly deep, but if you're a thoughtful person then you'll find it clearly deep. Read up on the lead actor (Bruno S.) beforehand & this will be a lot more fascinating to watch.

A strange story as its title suggests, if nothing else revealing of Herzog's cynicism with regard to society. Kaspar's integration is corrupt and mechanic, but he resists, and it becomes clear he is actually the most sympathetic and humane character in the entire film.

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The Herzog brand of hauntingly obscure imagery is at full force here, but is also at its most profoundly allegorical. While I guess it moves slowly and its underlying message is a bit trite (in interviews this movie seems to bring out Herzog's inner hippie), the images are always provocative and emotionally rich.

Fascinating story of the attempt to bring order upon a strange but likeable man. It's interesting to watch peoples reactions to Hauser's unorthodox thought processes. Herzog's direction and Bruno S.'s acting mange to perfectly portray this concept of a 'hard fall' for Hauser. The pacing is a little strange and some scenes are alienating but overall this is a success.

Bruno S. is a peculiarly charming and engaging presence in this interesting real-life tale. And there are some really striking images and wonderful scenes. For example the image with the swan, the boat and the still pond. Or the scene where Kaspar starts to cry when he's with the baby, or when he relates the story about planting his name in the ground. I really like Herzog for his ability to actually get at that "ecstatic truth" at various points in all of his films that I've seen.

Herzog brought about a strong story about knowledge and being part of the society from the tale of a real life swindler. The real Hauser found a good story and rode it all his life. Herzog treated the story as if it were real and ended up saying something profound about our understanding of the world.

its actually a very funny, yet touching yet artsy yet slow yet fast yet ducumenting yet character based movie.

Absolutely splendid film, directed with absolute precision by Herzog and acted increidbly by Bruno S. After seeing him in Stroszek I was wondering if he could better himself, and now I know. Cinematography here is marvellous. The dream sequences bring Herzog's typical surreal-like style to the forefront of the film. The beauty of Bruno S.'s performance really pulls you into the film.

It's about Werner Herzog trying to figure out what makes a human being tick. That's really all you need to know.

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