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Stroszek (1977) -- In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.

Overview

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Director:

Werner Herzog

Writer:

Werner Herzog (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

12 January 1977 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin. full summary | full synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

The best train set a boy could ever want
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 27 March 2009, 12:43 PM, PDT)

Herzog and the forms of madness
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 20 July 2008, 2:24 PM, PDT)

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The American dream more (40 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Bruno S. ... Der Bruno Stroszek
Eva Mattes ... Eva
Clemens Scheitz ... Scheitz
Wilhelm von Homburg ... Souteneur
Burkhard Driest ... Souteneur
Clayton Szalpinski ... Mechanic
Ely Rodriguez ... Indian mechanic's helper
Alfred Edel ... Jail headmaster
Scott McKain ... Scott
Ralph Wade ... Auctioneer
Michael Gahr ... Prisoner Hoss
Vaclav Vojta ... Doctor
Yuecsel Topcuguerler ... Turk prisoner
Pit Bedewitz ... Souteneur
Bob Evans ... Bob Evans
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Additional Details

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12 | UK:15 (video rating) (1991) | UK:AA (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The scene of the man pulling his own tooth is based on a similar scene in Spend It All (1972), adapted with the permission of Les Blank (misspelled in the credits as "Les Blanc"). more

Quotes:

[last lines]
Deputy Sheriff: We have a 10-80 out here, a truck on fire, we have a man on the lift. We are unable to find the switch to turn the lift off, can't stop the dancing chickens. Send an electrician, we're standing by.
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Movie Connections:

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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
The American dream, 7 June 2005
Author: Atavisten from Tellus

An Hungarian immigrant, a prostitute and an old man flees the country seeking better lives in Wiscounsin only to find hardship and struggle. A view from the unprivileged's side of life.

Its almost two weeks since I saw 'Strozeck' and its situations and absurdity (absurd because it depicts things that are for real) has not left me for one single day. Based on Herzogs own experiences it really has something real going for it. Its funny and its sad.

All characters are well cast, the trio all get our sympathies. Bruno S. is especially hard to be indifferent about. He is weak, but endures most of what he must go through.

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