Stroszek

Stroszek

7.3IMDb Score
Released:1977-05-20
Genre:Drama
Duration:108 min
Country:Germany
Director:Werner Herzog
Actors:Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg, Burkhard Driest
Production:Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF

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.

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