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Querelle

  • 19821982
  • RR
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
6.7K
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11,139
1,445
Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)
A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.
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A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
6.7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
11,139
1,445
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    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Jean Genet(novel "Querelle de Brest")
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder(screenplay)
      • Burkhard Driest(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Brad Davis
      • Franco Nero
      • Jeanne Moreau
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Jean Genet(novel "Querelle de Brest")
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder(screenplay)
      • Burkhard Driest(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Brad Davis
      • Franco Nero
      • Jeanne Moreau
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 43User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

    Videos1

    Trailer [OV]
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    Photos71

    Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)
    Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)
    Rainer Werner Fassbinder during the filming of "Querelle: A Film About Jean Genet's 'Querelle de Brest'"
    Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)
    Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)
    Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)
    Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)
    Brad Davis, Jeanne Moreau, and Franco Nero in Querelle (1982)
    Jeanne Moreau in Querelle (1982)
    Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)
    Querelle (1982)
    Franco Nero and Hanno Pöschl in Querelle (1982)

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    Brad Davis
    Brad Davis
    • Querelle
    Franco Nero
    Franco Nero
    • Lieutenant Seblon
    Jeanne Moreau
    Jeanne Moreau
    • Lysiane
    Laurent Malet
    Laurent Malet
    • Roger Bataille
    Hanno Pöschl
    • Robert…
    Günther Kaufmann
    Günther Kaufmann
    • Nono
    Burkhard Driest
    Burkhard Driest
    • Mario
    Roger Fritz
    Roger Fritz
    • Marcellin
    Dieter Schidor
    • Vic Rivette
    Natja Brunckhorst
    Natja Brunckhorst
    • Paulette
    • (as Nadja Brunkhorst)
    Robert van Ackeren
    Robert van Ackeren
    • Betrunkener Legionär
    • (as Robert v. Ackeren)
    Werner Asam
    Werner Asam
    • Arbeiter
    Isolde Barth
    Isolde Barth
    • Mädchen
    Axel Bauer
    • Arbeiter
    Neil Bell
    • Theo
    Gilles Gavois
    • Matrose
    Wolf Gremm
    • Betrunkener Legionär
    Karl-Heinz von Hassel
    • Arbeiter
    • (as K. H. v. Hassel)
    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Jean Genet(novel "Querelle de Brest")
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder(screenplay)
      • Burkhard Driest(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      In its first three weeks in theatrical release in Paris, France, more than 100,000 tickets were sold. According to "Genet: A Biography" (1993) by Edmund White, this was the first time that a film with such a strong gay theme had achieved this kind of box-office success.
    • Quotes

      Lieutenant Seblon: We have Jesus to thank that we are able to glorify humility, for He made it the sign of the divine. The godhead in our innermost depths. For why should we renounce the violence of this world? If this Godhead is to confront violence, then it must be strong if it is to achieve the victory. And humility can only be born of humiliation. Otherwise it is nothing but vanity.

    • Connections
      Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      The Tears Of The Lady
      Composed By David Ambach, Peer Raben

      Orchestrated By Peer Raben

      (P) Schlicht Musikverlage, 1982 RCA/Ciné Music

      © Schlicht Musikverlage

      Published and Licensed by Musikverlage Hans Wewerka

    User reviews43

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    9/10
    A Brilliant Flow Of Cinematic Poetry!
    Translating Genet to film is certainly not an easy task since he cares relatively little as a writer for conventional plot and his storyline is essentially the baroque flow of feeling from his inner life. But this film does a masterful job of capturing all the subtle nuance of Genet's poetry in the flow of its' imagery. The mood is intensely introverted and philosophically existential throughout. The sets have the feel of the German Cinema around the time of THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI, and yet the images flow around the angularity of the sets creating a wonderful tension between the characters and their milieu. This is Fassbinder at his very best. And the performance of Brad Davis is outstanding combining a rough, male-like crudeness with the innocence stemming from a young animal's eager naturalness. He creates a character who is forever trying to mask his simplicity, a kind of gothic Angel repeatedly discovering the Vampire stalking him from within. This is in keeping with Genet the writer who displays his suffering poetically, -like a tangle of gilded roses twined about a leper. The whole thing is a marvellous rendering of a kind of languidly sensuous celebration of the darker side of the male psyche. Since Brad Davis also appeared in THE PLAYER, we might say this film is like Huckleberry Finn meeting Nosferatu with a drunken Anne Rice as narrator. Bizarrly brilliant!
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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1982 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • West Germany
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Criterion (United States)
      • HBOMAX (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Querelle: A Film About Jean Genet's 'Querelle de Brest'
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Planet Film
      • Albatros Filmproduktion
      • Gaumont
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • DEM 4,400,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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