Stroszek
Jan 12 1977
•2h 47m
•Drama
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.
Cast
See allBruno S.
Bruno Stroszek
Eva Mattes
Eva
Clemens Scheitz
Scheitz
Wilhelm von Homburg
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