Stroszek

A Ballad

Drama

Release date: 5/20/1977

Overview

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.

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Cast

Bruno S.

Bruno Stroszek

Eva Mattes

Eva

Clemens Scheitz

Scheitz

Wilhelm von Homburg

Souteneur

Burkhard Driest

Pimp #2

C

Clayton Szalpinski

Mechanic

E

Ely Rodriguez

Mechanic's Assistant

Alfred Edel

Prison Warden

S

Scott McKain

Bank Teller

P

Pitt Bedewitz

Pimp #3

R

Ralph Wade

Auctioneer

Michael Gahr

Hoss, a prisoner

V

Vaclav Vojta

Doctor

Y

Yüksel Topcugürler

Turkish Prisoner