"The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him."
Bruno S.
as Kaspar Hauser
Walter Ladengast
as Professor Daumer
Brigitte Mira
as Haushälterin Käthe
Willy Semmelrogge
as Ringmaster
Kidlat Tahimik
as Hombrecito, the Indian
Hans Musäus
as Unknown Man
Michael Kroecher
as Lord Stanhope
Henry van Lyck
as Calvary Captain
Enno Patalas
as Pastor Fuhrmann
Volker Elis Pilgrim
as Pastor #2
Volker Prechtel
as Hiltel, the prison guard
Gloria Doer
as Frau Hiltel
Helmut Döring
as Little King
Andi Gottwald
as young Mozart
Herbert Achternbusch
as country boy #1
Wolfgang Bauer
as country boy #2
Walter Steiner
as country boy #3
Clemens Scheitz
as Registrar
Johannes Buzalski
as Police Officer
Willy Meyer-Fürst
as Doctor
Florian Fricke
as Florian
Alfred Edel
as Logic Professor
Franz Brumbach
as bear showman
Herbert Fritsch
as Mayor
Wilhelm Bayer
as employee of the captain
Peter Gebhart
as man who finds Kaspar
Otto Heinzle
as old priest
Dorothea Kraft
as little girl
Dr. Walter Pflaum
as Doctor #2
Dr. Heinz Niemöller
as Doctor #3
Peter-Udo Schönborn
as crier
Markus Weller
as Julius
Reinhard Hauff
as Bauer - role was cut
Werner Herzog
Director
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor
Screenplay
Producer
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Director of Photography
Gunter Freyse
Still Photographer
Gisela Storch
Costume Design
Haymo Henry Heyder
Sound Designer
Feli Sommer
Script Supervisor
Martha Lederer
Editorial Production Assistant
Peter van Anft
Sound Design Assistant
Dietmar Zander
Lighting Supervisor
Susanne Schröder
Makeup Artist
Joschi Arpa
Production Office Assistant
Ann Poppel
Christian Weisenborn
Location Manager
Benedikt Kuby
Assistant Director
Property Master
Klaus Wyborny
Second Unit
Henning von Gierke
Production Design
Walter Saxer
Production Manager
Popol Vuh
Original Music Composer
Mike Gast
Camera Operator