The film is based on the real-life story of , a young man who mysteriously appeared in 1828 Nuremberg after being held in solitary confinement in a dark cellar for seventeen years .
Werner Herzog’s (1974), literally translated as Every Man for Himself and God Against All and internationally known as The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser , is one of the definitive works of New German Cinema . It is also the title of Herzog's 2023 memoir , which uses the phrase to summarize his relentless, often isolated creative life . The Film: A Masterpiece of Outsider Art Werner Herzog Jeder FГјr Sich Und Gott Gegen A...