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Movie·1987·1h 15m

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

A Neurological Opera

Directed By

Christopher Rawlence

Country

United Kingdom

Language

German

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// overview

The Story

Opera singer and professor Dr P is examined both in a clinic and in his home, as he suffers from a degeneration of the occipital lobe that allows him to see details but not wholes.

Themes

operabased on novel or bookneurophysiology

Production House

ICA Television

Audience Score

70%

1 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

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// cast

Cast

Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks

Himself

John Tighe

Emile Belcourt

Patricia Hooper

Frederick Westcott

Alexander Bălănescu

Alexander Bălănescu

Debra Hauer

Elisabeth Perry

Ruth Phillips

Elizabeth Wilson

// crew

Crew

Christopher Rawlence

Director

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