خلاصه داستان : سال 1828. پسر شانزده ساله اي که به نظر عقب مانده مي آيد، در حالي که يک کتاب دعا و يک نامه در دستش دارد، در وسط ميدان شهر پديدار مي شود.

The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), 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.