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A Ballad - Stroszek
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Title: Stroszek

Release Date: 12 Jan 1977

Runtime: 1h 47m

Genre: Drama

Director: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF

Production Companies: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (259 votes)

Cast

  • Bruno Stroszek: Bruno S.
  • Eva: Eva Mattes
  • Scheitz: Clemens Scheitz
  • Souteneur: Wilhelm von Homburg
  • Pimp #2: Burkhard Driest
  • Mechanic: Clayton Szalpinski
  • Mechanic's Assistant: Ely Rodriguez
  • Prison Warden: Alfred Edel
  • Bank Teller: Scott McKain
  • Pimp #3: Pitt Bedewitz
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