Monday, 30 June 2008

Stroszek (1977): 7/10

One of Werner Herzog's lesser known films...very odd, with real life odd-ball non actors. Good though, full of imagery only Herzog would have used

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. After they are harried and beaten by the thugs who have been Eva's pimps, they join Bruno's neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.




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