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🎬 Movie

Stroszek

1977 · 108 min Drama
⭐ 7.3 / 10 · TMDB

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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📋 Film Details

Year 1977
Country Germany
Genre Drama
Director Werner Herzog
Runtime 108 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.3/10 (295 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Werner Herzog

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Bruno S.

Bruno S.

Bruno Stroszek
Eva Mattes

Eva Mattes

Eva
Clemens Scheitz

Clemens Scheitz

Scheitz
Wilhelm von Homburg

Wilhelm von Homburg

Souteneur
Burkhard Driest

Burkhard Driest

Pimp #2
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Clayton Szalpinski

Mechanic
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Ely Rodriguez

Mechanic's Assistant
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Alfred Edel

Prison Warden
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Scott McKain

Bank Teller
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Pitt Bedewitz

Pimp #3

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