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ERA
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49 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Stroszek
"A Ballad"
1977 1h 48m DE
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Drama
Synopsis
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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.
βA Balladβ
Cast
Bruno S.
Bruno Stroszek
Eva Mattes
Eva
Clemens Scheitz
Scheitz
Wilhelm von Homburg
Souteneur
Burkhard Driest
Pimp #2
Clayton Szalpinski
Mechanic
Ely Rodriguez
Mechanic's Assistant
Alfred Edel
Prison Warden
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Writers
- Werner Herzog
- Languages
- English, Italian, German
- Countries
- Germany
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, German.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Werner Herzog, shot by Thomas Mauch. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Sonny Terry. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Bruno S. and Eva Mattes and Clemens Scheitz carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "A Ballad".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0075276 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Werner Herzog directs. Thomas Mauch behind the camera. Sonny Terry scores. Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in English, Italian, German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 149 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, German.
- 3Directed by Werner Herzog, shot by Thomas Mauch. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Sonny Terry. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Bruno S. and Eva Mattes and Clemens Scheitz carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "A Ballad".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0075276 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 18 themes, including "new york city", "van", "prostitute", "unexpected happiness".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Thomas Mauch
- Original score
- Sonny Terry
- Editing
- Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
- Sound
- Haymo Henry Heyder
- Runtime
- 108 min Β· 1h 48m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- NR
- IMDB
- Stroszek (1977)
Also by
Werner Herzog
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Production companies
Who made it
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
DE
ZDF
DE
Key crew
- EditorBeate Mainka-Jellinghaus
- ProducerWilli Segler
- Camera OperatorStefano Guidi
- OtherPeter Holz
- Production Office AssistantAnja Schmidt-ZΓ€ringer
- Lighting SupervisorDieter BΓ€hr
- Camera OperatorWolfgang Knigge
- Editorial Production AssistantAngelika Dreis
- Sound DesignerHaymo Henry Heyder
- Set DesignerCornelius Siegel
- Sound RecordistPeter van Anft
- Set DesignerHenning von Gierke
- Still PhotographerGunter Freyse
- Production SupervisorWalter Saxer
- Second Unit Director of PhotographyEdward Lachman
- ProducerWerner Herzog
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- new york city
- van
- prostitute
- unexpected happiness
- release from prison
- wisconsin
- american dream
- accordion
- road trip
- debt
- break-up
- alcoholic
- ex-con
- emigrant
- new german cinema
- german abroad
- prairies
- mobile home
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical1977-07-12NR
Also known as
International titles
- δΈδΊΊθ‘CN
- μ€νλ‘μ€μ²΄ν¬KR
- μ€νΈλ‘μ€μ²΅KR
