A highly acclaimed costume drama that proves slightly different from Rohmer's more contemporary work. Typical of French films set in the 19th Century it is an examination of the moral corruption and hypocrisy that formulated the mores of the time. Rohmer's direction adds sparkle as always. find out more...

19th century Germany: Kaspar arrives like a time traveller, found standing in a sleepy town square, his origins shrouded in mystery. After learning to talk, he tells of being kept in a cellar and never having seen a human being. The learned confront this enigma with the power of their logic, dissection and annotation, but Kaspar shows up the limitations of such rationalism. Not the same dizzy folly as Aguirre, but Herzog's similarly long perspective conjures as powerful a picture of man's aimles find out more...