# Help me ID this film

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 1, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-film/310751 "2005-07-01T20:20:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-film/310751/1 "2005-07-01T20:20:47Z")

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I remember seeing a film about 5 or 6 years ago but I can’t for the life of me remember the name of it.

What I remember.

-It’s a german film(or at least, it’s German with subtitles).  
-It begins in WW1, but then goes into the 1920’s and maybe 1930’s.  
-The plot concerns a man who is injured in the war, and I think develops the ability to see the future(and the rise of the nazis).

Has anyone ever heard of this movie?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-film/310751/2 "2005-07-01T20:25:39Z")

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Could this be it?

> **[Hanussen (1988) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095276/reference)**
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> Hanussen (1988) Reference View

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-film/310751/3 "2005-07-01T20:30:22Z")

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That’s exactly it. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-film/310751/4 "2005-07-01T20:32:04Z")

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Happy to oblige.

And give my regards to the shoggoths.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-film/310751/5 "2005-07-01T21:16:48Z")

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Do you remember if it was any good? It sounds interesting.

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-film/310751/6 "2005-07-01T21:39:57Z")

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> [@Larry Borgia](#):
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> Do you remember if it was any good? It sounds interesting.

I was in high school german class when I saw it, but I remember finding it interesting enough that I want to see it again if I can find it for rental.