A German scientist (Bruno Ganz) becomes a political tool after a policeman shoots him in the head at a leftist meeting.
scientist, ex-wife, lover, radical, police detective, lawyer, suspenseful, gripping, dark, powerful, munich, hospital, bedroom, terrorism, police brutality, recovery, propaganda, disability, false accusations, fall, transformation, 1970s
Knife in the Head isn't a straightforward leftist political tract; it's much more subtle than that, and if it has a position, it's closer to despair than to radical reform.
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