Stroszek
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West Germany · 1977
1h 47m
Director Werner Herzog
Starring Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg
Genre Comedy, Drama
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Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. With a glockenspiel and an accordion, he makes a meager living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a sex worker 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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