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1976

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Starring	Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Director	Werner Herzog
Genres	Comedy, World Cinema

Stroszek

Can anything be bleaker than the shabby slums of Berlin? Yes, argues director Werner Herzog in Stroszek: try Wisconsin sometime. Bruno S.. stars as an ex-mental patient who dreams of the so-called promised land of America. He aligns himself with like-minded prostitute Eva Mattes and elderly, near-senile Clemens Scheitz. Upon their arrival in Wisconsin, the three misfits find that they're just as trapped in Dairy Country as they'd been in Germany--if not more so. The sour and bitter Stroszek earned worldwide critical and commercial acclaim.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Starring	Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Director	Werner Herzog
Studio	ANCHOR BAY
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy, World Cinema
Language	DVD: German
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1976 To Rent: DVD: 22 Aug 2005

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  Excellent character study...
  
  This peculiar character study follows a mentally-troubled musician, a prostitute and a mad old man on a trip to follow the American dream from Berlin to the ... read more »
  
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  From beginning to end, this film seemed to me to be about violence: that on the sensitive character of Stroszek, that of the thugs on Bruno, that rather more ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Squalid with humour
  
  This is an enchanting movie. Squalid certainly, but with a lot of humour and a very appealing performance by the central character. Some violence he leaves the ... read more »
  
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  Bruno Superstar
  
  This film is quite bleak,but if you have the stomach for it,very rewarding.Bruno S is mesmerising as the street musician hounded out of Berlin by his girlfriend... read more »
  
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Herzog: The Explorer
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Filmmakers’ reputations ebb and flow with the years, but few could have predicted the extraordinary twists and turns in Werner Herzog’s career, or the astonishing productivity that would coincide with his sixth decade. This week sees the release of his second oddball Hollywood cop thriller of the year (My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done coming hard on the heels of Bad Lieutenant), plus the premiere of the documentary Happy People: A Year in the Taiga at the Telluride Film Festival,... Read more
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  Can anything be bleaker than the shabby slums of Berlin? Yes, argues director Werner Herzog in Stroszek: try Wisconsin sometime. Bruno S.. stars as an ex-mental patient who dreams of the so-called promised land of America. He aligns himself with like-minded prostitute Eva Mattes and elderly, near-...