Werner Herzog directs Bruno S., Walter Ladengast and Brigitte Mira in this true tale of a mysterious grown man who appeared in a town square in Nuremberg one morning seemingly knowing nothing of the world.

Told very matter of factly, almost in a cold docudrama mode. Herzog is less interested in solving the enigmatic man’s origins and more with exploring how unsuited to the world he is. It makes for a sad experience, one that will get the philosophical nodes in your cranium a twitching.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Elephant Man (1980)