Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf is a 1974 film adaptation of Hermann Hesse's 1927 novel Steppenwolf, directed by Fred Haines. The film made heavy use of visual special effects that were cutting-edge at the time of its release. It follows the adventures of a half-man, half-animal individual named Harry Haller, who in the Germany of the 1920s, is depressed, resentful of his middle class station, and wants to die not knowing the world around him. He then meets two strange people who introduce him to life and a bizarre world called the "Magic Theater". Cast Max von Sydow as Harry Haller Dominique Sanda as Hermine Pierre Clementi as Pablo Carla Romanelli as Maria Roy Bosier as Aztec Alfred Baillou as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Niels-Peter Rudolph as Gustav Helmut Förnbacher as Franz Charles Regnier as Loering Eduard Linkers as Mr. Hefte Silvia Reize as Dora Judith Mellies as Rosa O`Flynn Helen Hesse as Frau Hefte Source: Cast notes: Helen Hesse was Herman Hesse's granddaughter. Hesse's daughter-in-law, Ida, worked as a still photographer on the set.