Desc: Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser: Directed by Edward Rothe. With Peter Brogle, Horst Tappert, Gert Westphal, Edith Schultze-Westrum. In 1828 a man called Kaspar Hauser appears in Nuremberg, barely able to speak and walk. He is admitted to the house of a professor, who among other things explores Kaspar's unusual characteristics and deals with his education.