Jeder fur sich und Gott gegen alle (The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, 1974)

Herzog’s fantastically subtle satire on intellectualism and arrogance features the true story of a young man discovered in a village unable to talk or even walk properly, having spent his whole life looked in a cell by a mysterious man. His subsequent education at the hands of the townsfolk reveals the wisdom of naivety, as well as tugging at the heartstrings.