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Stroszek
Sign in to saveStroszek is a 1977 West German tragicomedy film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno S., Eva Mattes, and Clemens Scheitz. Written specifically for Bruno S., the film was shot in Plainfield, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. Most of the lead roles are played by inexperienced actors.
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7.3Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.
Cast
- Bruno S. as Bruno Stroszek
- Eva Mattes as Eva
- Clemens Scheitz as Scheitz
- Wilhelm von Homburg as Souteneur
- Burkhard Driest as Pimp #2
- Clayton Szalpinski as Mechanic
Themes
- new york city
- van
- prostitute
- unexpected happiness
- release from prison
- wisconsin
- american dream
- accordion
- road trip
- debt
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
16,411 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Stroszek
- Film.image
- Stroszek poster.JPG
- Film.caption
- Promotional poster
- Film.director
- Werner Herzog
- Film.producer
- Werner HerzogWalter Saxer
- Film.writer
- Werner Herzog
- Film.cinematography
- Thomas Mauch
- Film.editing
- Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
- Film.distributor
- Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
- Film.runtime
- 116 minutes
- Film.country
- West Germany
- Film.language
- GermanEnglish
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 916449
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- publication date
- 2002-10-28
- title
- Stroszek
- review score
- 95%
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Stroszek is a 1977 West German tragicomedy film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno S., Eva Mattes, and Clemens Scheitz. Written specifically for Bruno S., the film was shot in Plainfield, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. Most of the lead roles are played by inexperienced actors.
==Plot== Bruno Stroszek is a West Berlin street performer. Released from prison and warned to stop drinking, he immediately goes to a familiar bar where he meets Eva, a prostitute down on her luck, and lets her stay with him at the apartment his landlord kept for him. They are then harried and beaten by Eva's former pimps, who insult Bruno, pull his accordion apart and humiliate him by making him kneel on his grand piano with bells balanced on his back. Faced with the prospect of further harassment, Bruno and Eva decide to leave Germany and accompany Bruno's eccentric elderly neighbour Scheitz, who was planning to move to Wisconsin to live with his American nephew Clayton.