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Stroszek (1977)
Directed by Werner Herzog
“A Ballad”
Drama · 1h 48m
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.
Cast
Bruno S.
Bruno Stroszek
Eva Mattes
Eva
Clemens Scheitz
Scheitz
Wilhelm von Homburg
Souteneur
Burkhard Driest
Pimp #2
C
Clayton Szalpinski
Mechanic
E
Ely Rodriguez
Mechanic's Assistant
A
Alfred Edel
Prison Warden
S
Scott McKain
Bank Teller
P
Pitt Bedewitz
Pimp #3
R
Ralph Wade
Auctioneer
Michael Gahr
Hoss, a prisoner
Crew
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Screenplay
- Werner Herzog
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Mauch
- Original Music Composer
- Sonny Terry, Chet Atkins
- Editor
- Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
- Producer
- Willi Segler, Werner Herzog
Details
- Release date
- 1977-05-20
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian, German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF