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Stroszek

ComedyDramaNot Rated

"A Ballad"

Duration

1h 48m

Release

20 May 1977

Country

Germany

Language

German

Overview

Bruno 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.

Plot

In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.

Cast

Bruno S.Eva MattesClemens Scheitz

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Details

Director

Werner Herzog

Writers

Werner Herzog

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations total

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