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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 91% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
310 audience votes
Key crew
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
- Chet AtkinsOriginal Music Composer
- Sonny TerryOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bruno S.Bruno Stroszek
- Eva MattesEva
- Clemens ScheitzScheitz
- Wilhelm von HomburgSouteneur
- Burkhard DriestPimp #2
- Clayton SzalpinskiMechanic
- Ely RodriguezMechanic's Assistant
- Alfred EdelPrison Warden
- Scott McKainBank Teller
- Pitt BedewitzPimp #3
- Ralph WadeAuctioneer
- Michael GahrHoss, a prisoner
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Themes
new york cityvanprostituteunexpected happinessrelease from prisonwisconsinamerican dreamaccordionroad tripdebtbreak-upalcoholic
The Best Movies of 1977
Stroszek is #8 of 60
