Wild Child: Kaspar Hauser claimed to have been raised in an environment that completely cut him off from human contact. Unwitting Test Subject: It's suspected that Kaspar Hauser was part of an early rogue experiment in psychology. He has never heard a language, and consequently only grunts. Silence Is Golden: Almost no dialogue over the first thirteen minutes, as Kaspar Hauser is being held captive in a cell where no one ever talks to him. Off-into-the-Distance Ending: Ends with the town notary walking away down the street, inordinately pleased with the autopsy results that show Kaspar to have had an enlarged liver and brain. Non-Actor Vehicle: Stars Bruno S., a street musician. Never Learned to Talk: Kaspar when he is discovered, as he is a Wild Child that has spent his whole life locked in a tower. Little People Are Surreal: The "King of Punt" is an elderly little person, who is one of the attractions in a circus freak show that briefly features Kaspar. Kaspar's question would determine whether the man is a truth-teller or liar, but not which village is down which road - but then we wouldn't get to see Kaspar outwit the doctor. The doctor will accept only a complex answer, but Kaspar responds simply (and correctly, since the doctor did not include the proper constraints), "I would ask him if he is a tree-frog." note The doctor could have said the man Kaspar meets at the crossroads has just come from one of the villages, but not necessarily from his own village (in which case the doctor's solution is still overcomplicated "If I asked you if this road leads to the truth-tellers' village, would you say 'Yes'?" would suffice). Knights and Knaves: Kaspar Hauser is asked this question by a doctor trying to test his intelligence. Therefore the room must be bigger than the tower. Kaspar says this cannot be: when he was held captive in the room, everywhere he turned, there was nothing but room, while if he turns his back on the tower the tower disappears. Daumer shows him the tower where he was held captive. Insane Troll Logic: Kaspar is prone to this when his teachers try to educate him about the world. When the cavalry captain reads it during Kaspar's interrogation, he tells the notary to transcribe it verbatim, including the mistakes. #The enigma of kaspar hauser full
Grammar Correction Gag: The letter of introduction left by Kaspar's caretaker is full of spelling and grammar mistakes.Gorgeous Period Dress: In a Ballroom scene.The Full Name Adventures: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser.Downer Ending: Hauser's murdered, probably by his real family.Doorstop Baby: Doorstop grown man, as Kaspar is found in the town square of Nuremberg, unable to communicate, or explain himself.Kaspar's response: "I would ask him if he is a tree-frog." It Makes Sense in Context. Cutting the Knot: The title dolt confounds a doctor who asks him a version of the Knights and Knaves problem.One of the theologians debating God with Kaspar gets irritated by this and tells him to stop. Even more noticeably, when he talks he presses his thumb and forefinger together and gestures in rhythm with what he's saying. Character Tic: Kaspar learns to speak, but when he speaks, his cadence is oddly formal and rigid.Daumer points out that the musician is blind and lost his family in a fire, but he doesn't feel sorry for himself, and neither should Kaspar. Blind Musician: One plays the piano for Kaspar.The real-life Kaspar Hauser is believed to have been a con artist and fraud. Based on a Great Big Lie: Or more accurately, based on a scam and myth.However, an unknown someone is out to kill the mysterious young man. Kaspar learns to read and write under the tutelage of a local academic, Professor Daumer.
The story of the Wild Child soon attracts a great deal of attention from around Europe, and Kaspar becomes a sensation.
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