---
title: 'Hanussen (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'István Szabó'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
  - 'Hungary'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hanussen-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095276/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hanussen (1988)

1988 · 116 min · Drama · Germany, Austria, Hungary


## Synopsis

Hanussen is a 1988 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó, centered around the life of Erik Jan Hanussen. Starring Klaus Maria Brandauer, the German-language film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also featured at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [István Szabó](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-szabo)
- **Screenplay:** [István Szabó](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-szabo), [Péter Dobai](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-dobai)
- **Original Music Composer:** [György Vukán](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyorgy-vukan), [Zdenko Tamássy](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenko-tamassy)
- **Producer:** [Artur Brauner](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-brauner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lajos Koltai](https://cinepixo.com/people/lajos-koltai)
- **Editor:** [Zsuzsa Csákány](https://cinepixo.com/people/zsuzsa-csakany)

## Cast

- [Kalina Jędrusik](https://cinepixo.com/people/kalina-jedrusik)
- [Károly Eperjes](https://cinepixo.com/people/karoly-eperjes) as Tibor Nowotny
- [Ewa Błaszczyk](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-b-aszczyk)
- [Klaus Maria Brandauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-maria-brandauer) as Klaus Schneider
- [Gabriela Kownacka](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriela-kownacka)
- [György Cserhalmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyorgy-cserhalmi)
- [Adrianna Biedrzyńska](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrianna-biedrzynska)
- [Grażyna Szapołowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/grazyna-szapo-owska)
- [Ildikó Bánsági](https://cinepixo.com/people/ildiko-bansagi) as Betti nővér
- [Michał Bajor](https://cinepixo.com/people/micha-bajor)
- [Erland Josephson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erland-josephson) as Dr. Bettelheim
- [Walter Schmidinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-schmidinger) as Propagandafőnök
- [Jiří Adamíra](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-adamira)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hanussen-1988
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