Stroszek
- Eva Mattes Eva
- Bruno S.: Stroszek
- Clemens Scheitz: Scheitz
- Burkhard Driest: pimp
- Wilhelm von Homburg: pimp
- Alfred Edel: Prison Director
Stroszek is a film by German director Werner Herzog, filmed 1976/77 in Germany and in the USA. The movie was on 20 May 1977.
Short Description
Bruno Stroszek, street singer in Berlin and ex- convict who seeks his happiness together with the prostitute Eva and his neighbors Scheitz in America. The plan fails. Herzog's film strives for the greatest possible natural, the lead actor plays himself
Action
Bruno Stroszek is a street singer in Berlin. Just released from prison, he meets again the prostitute Eva and offers her a place in his apartment. Eva's pimps, they quickly finds Eva and Bruno are beaten. The two decide jointly with their neighbors, the old gentleman Scheitz to emigrate to his nephew to Wisconsin, United States. Eva earned the money for the trip by going to purchase. In Wisconsin, in a village called Railroad Flats, buy the three mobile home.
Bruno works as a mechanic, Eva officially working as a waitress, but incidentally as a prostitute. The old Scheitz goes to his esoteric leanings. The small happiness does not last long: Eva blows with two truckers, the bank can auction off the caravan, because the payments fail. Stroszek and Scheitz - without money in your pocket and without a roof over his head - want the bank raid, which has taken away the house. But because the bank has been closed, they invaded the next hair salon. With the meager loot they buy supplies at the supermarket on the other side of the street. Mr. Scheitz is arrested, Stroszek comes from. In the end he ends up in the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina.
Formation
His first leading role was played by Bruno S. 1974 in Werner Herzog's film Every Man for Himself and God Against All - Kaspar Hauser. Werner Herzog was impressed by his performance and promised him the lead role in Woyzeck. Duke then decided but for Klaus Kinski. To keep his promise, Duke wrote within five days of the screenplay for Stroszek, which was tailored to Bruno S..
Many episodes of the film come from the authentic life of Bruno S. Also, many scenes of the film are scenes of real life of Bruno, such as the Berlin apartment and the backyard.
Reviews
- Stroszek was observed much in the national and international press. Duke was as Stroszek appeared, already established internationally as a director of New German Cinema. The seemingly documentary style was criticized by many critics as a lack of craftsmanship, while others praised the film as very authentic and credible. Especially in the U.S. sparked the film of considerable press coverage. " Stroszek (1977 ) is one of the oddest films ever made ", for example, told the Chicago Sun- Times.
- Stroszek is Duke's " most private and most important " film, writes the online journal F.LM. Although he was brittle and uncomfortable, yet he WOULD timeless in its metaphors and parables that represent the eternal desire for freedom and self-determination.
- " Great artistic inspiration and creative power " saw the filmdienst in Stroszek.
- Carsten Baumgardt highlights in filmstarts.de the work of cinematographer Thomas Mauch, the " poetic, stylized images of breathtaking fashion, extreme color " created on that are not yet in contrast to the somber tone of the film.
Awards
- Stroszek in 1978 received the Prize of the German Film Critics