Hullumeelsus

Jan 9 1987 N/A 1h 19m
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Before the end of the Second World War, a special commando marches into a mental hospital located in a beautiful manor house to eliminate the patients. But the Gestapo has received an anonymous letter saying that an enemy agent is hiding among the madmen. Officer Windisch is tasked with finding a simulant among several hundred mental patients in a matter of days.

Plot

The action takes place in a nameless country occupied by the German army at the time of World War II. In a small village there's an asylum. A squad of German soldiers arrives to take the insane people to a "walk in the forest". Just before they are ready to go to forest to kill the insane people, a Gestapo officer arrives and from his conversation with the doctor we can find out that there's an enemy agent hiding himself in the asylum. Officer Windisch must find the agent from 583 people and on his searches he is slowly starting to feel himself crazy too.

Written by

Viktors Lorencs

Directed by

Kaljo Kiisk

Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Tallinnfilm

Languages

Eesti

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
319
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA