Production
- Casting
Herzog discovered the lead actor, Bruno Schleinstein, in a documentary about street musicians. Fascinated, Herzog cast him as the lead in two of his films, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser and Stroszek, despite the fact that he had no training as an actor. Bruno's own life bears some similarities to Kaspar Hauser's, and his own unbalanced personality was often expressed on set. In Herzog's commentary for the English language DVD release, he recalls that Bruno remained in costume for the entire duration of the production, even after shooting was done for the day. Herzog once visited him in his hotel room, to find him sleeping on the floor by the door, in his costume.
The Production Designer for the film was Henning Von Gierke, the Costume Designers were Ann Poppel and Gisela Storch.
- Filming locations
The outdoor scenes were filmed in the town of Dinkelsbühl and on a nearby mountain called Hesselberg.
- Croagh Patrick, Westport, Mayo, Ireland (archive footage)
- Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria, Germany
- Western Sahara
- Music soundtrack
The music several classical composers is featured in the film's soundtrack, including pieces by Johann Pachelbel, Orlando di Lasso, Tommaso Albinoni, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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