For me stroszek is about shattered hopes, which is clearly a universal theme, and it wouldnt really matter if the characters move from berlin to france or sweden. 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. The enigma of kaspar hauser and nosferatu, though its enjoyed considerable partial exposure in recent years thanks to brief excerpts from the closing scenes included in both. Werner herzogs stroszek 1977 is in my view one of the great films, but it has a difficulttocategorize nature that has always made it a challenge for many viewers and as a consequence has led to its neglect. It was the movie heart of glass the made me a lifetime herzog devotee. Director werner herzog is renowned for introducing unconventional elements to his films which, far from being merely contrived gimmicks, coax out unexpected truths from his fiction.
Once there, however, his american dream quickly sours. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. In berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend. Stroszek, directed by werner herzog, features bruno s. Stroszek analysis by philip brubaker werner herzogs stroszek 1977 is a film both in german and english. Stroszek 1977, an unforgettable portrait of the american heartland and one of herzogs funniest features. Bruno stroszek is released from prison and ekes out a living as a street musician. Stroszek 1977 is one of the oddest films ever made. Stroszek 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Stroszek 1977 1080p werner herzog full movie in german. Stroszek it at times hilarious, and times heartbreaking. Watch stroszek, the german drama by werner herzog fandor. Just released from a jail term of 2 12 years in berlin, bruno stroszek goes through all of the formalities of being released and is given back all of his personal belongings. Bruno stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking.
Stroszek is brimming with the filmmakers iconoclastic style. Bruno and his senile neighbor become idiots on the run, robbing a barber for petty cash before fleeing next door to spend their spoils. Rent stroszek 1977 starring eva mattes and clemens scheitz on dvd and bluray. Utrzymuje jedynie kontakt ze starym, zdziwaczalym sasiadem scheitzem oraz z zaprzyjazniona prostytutka ewa. Alkoholik, bruno stroszek zostaje wypuszczony z wiezienia w berlinie i powiadamia znajomych, ze przestaje pic. The inimitable werner herzog is generally known to take on film projects that are more than challenging, both in terms of production and realization, and that also involves working with actors who are difficult to say the least. It is impossible for the audience to anticipate a single shot or development. There is a weird, onceinalifetime alchemy at work here that has produced a profoundly human quasidocumentary portrayal of a deeply damaged outsider.
Werner herzogs second film with lead actor bruno s. Po njihovu dolasku u wisconsin trojac neprilagodenika otkrije da su i u drzavi mlijeka jednako zatoceni kao sto su bili u njemackoj ako ne i vise. I do mostly, and therefore wasnt tempted to jump off a bridge at the end of this movie, but i dont know that id go as far as to say its riotously funny, as its marketing poster suggests. The three main characters flee germany for the promise of opportunity in america. Enigma of kasper hauser, werner herzog wrote stroszek specifically for. In berlin, they find themselves victims of vicious brutes, who prostitute ewa, stroszeks friend. One of these is herzogs 1977 road film stroszek, a title often regarded as one of the directors best. Herzogs stroszek from 1977 is a meditative cinematic triumph and remains a prominent film moment from the last century. He befriends eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he. Stroszek is a film full of force, beauty, and even humor.
It also features an intense, disconcerting performance from bruno schleinstein, the enigmatic actor who herzog worked with on two films in the 1970s and who then dropped off the radar. Bruno stroszek is a gentle but harddrinking berlin street musician who, after being released from prison, leaves germany for the promise of a better life in wisconsin with his hooker girlfriend and his odd friend. After they are harried and beaten by evas pimps, they join brunos. Can anything be bleaker than the shabby slums of berlin. Having reneged on a promise to cast bruno in the film woyzeck for which he was replaced by klaus kinski, herzog wrote stroszek in. Stroszek obtained further cult notoriety for supposedly being the film ian curtis, singer of joy division, watched before committing suicide in 1980, a not entirely verifiable fact depicted in the films 24 hour party people 2002 and control 2007. We watch with a kind of fascination, because herzog cuts loose from narrative and follows his characters through the relentless logic of. The actors speaking style and mannerisms are much the same in both films, but ultimately this film falls short of the earlier one. Bruno stroszek bivsi je mentalni bolesnik koji sanja o takozvanoj obecanoj zemlji americi.
Rent stroszek 1977 film for free as part of our trial offer. The most authoritative collection of original movie posters from classic hollywood to contemporary arthouse. The premise about a mentallyimpaired german excon, a prostitute and a diminutive, wizened octogenarian scientist who collectively move from berlin to rural wisconsin and take up in a hideous prefabricated trailer is unquestionably bizarre, but stroszek is also, in its own. Stroszek 1977 three years after the critical and art house success of the enigma of kaspar hauser 1974, director werner herzog brought back that films singular leading man, bruno s. Stroszek 1977 the last fifteen minutes of stroszek are like a demented version of bonnie and clyde. In even dwarves started small 1971, an alldwarf cast underscores the childish behaviour of. Nevertheless, the film s peculiar nature is precisely what makes it both an important work and a revelatory element of herzogs oeuvre. Herzog seems to have run for cover after heart of glass, a supposedly difficult film beneath whose seemingly impenetrable surface lay a simple reconstruction. Stroszek 1977 british double crown poster, 2020 film. Admittedly, i was hooked from start go by werner herzogs stroszek. Stroszek is a film directed by werner herzog with bruno s. We watch with a kind of fascination, because herzog cuts loose from narrative and follows his characters through the relentless logic of their adventure. Werner herzogs stroszek 1977 easily qualifes as one of the weirdest features ever made.
Stroszek is a film that plays loose with narrative structure as a recently incarcerated man, a prostitute and his elderly neighbour abandon their harsh berlin existence for a new life in the almost equally bleak wisconsin. Werner herzogs bleak and absurdist comedy demystifying the american dream is widely considered one of his best films, yet whilst i can. Werner herzogs stroszek 1977 810 stroszek today is rather less wellknown than several other werner herzog films from his 70s heyday including aguirre, the wrath of god. Read the stroszek movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Stroszek is a 1977 german tragicomedy film directed by werner herzog and starring bruno s.