The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal community on the Greek island of Kos while Stroszek recuperates. The men become increasingly stir crazy in their uneventful new assignment. Stroszek eventually goes mad.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Werner HerzogWriter
- Achim von ArnimWriter
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Stavros XarhakosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter BrogleStroszek
- Wolfgang ReichmannMeinhard
- Athina ZacharopoulouNora
- Wolfgang von Ungern-SternbergBecker
- Wolfgang StumpfCaptain
- Henry van LyckLieutenant
- Julio PinheiroGypsy
- Florian FrickePianist
- Heinz UsenerDoctor
- Achmed HafizGreek resident
- Jannakis FrasakisCast
- Eleni KaterinakiCast