One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.
Knife in the Head has generally received very positive reviews.
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Knife in the Head was released in 1978 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving Knife in the Head (1978) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Knife in the Head than critics were.
With a score of 76%, Knife in the Head is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1978, which stands at 58%.
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