Country: Germany
Year: 1977
Duration: 115'
Germany. Bruno Stroszek, a shy street musician recently released from jail and desperately trying to stay away from booze, befriends Eva, a prostitute. She tries to help him by offering him shelter and taking care of him, which leads to a confrontation with her pimp. Scheitz, her neighbor, always wanted to join his nephew in the United States, and convinces them to start a new life with him there. They end up in the frozen prairies of Wisconsin, in a town that isn’t particularly welcoming towards them, if not outright hostile. Bruno finds work as a mechanic and Eva starts waiting tables, but the money never seems to be enough: the mortgage on the house they share weighs heavily on their budget. It doesn’t take much for the situation to precipitate. To make ends meet, Eva starts working the streets again, but they still come short on their loan payment and the bank threatens to repossess their home. In a desperate attempt to get some money, Bruno tries to rob a bank with Scheitz.
Biography
film director
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (Munich, Germany, 1942) grew up in a small town in Bavaria and debuted with the short film Herakles in 1962, before going on to study history, literature and theatre at the University of Munich. Since then, he has made over fifty films, including Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Lessons of Darkness, Grizzly Man, Encounters at the End of the World, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. He is universally acclaimed as one of the greatest filmmakers alive and has received several prestigious awards. He has also participated to the Torino Film Festival, presenting Grizzly Man in 2005, Into the Abyss in 2011, and The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft in 2022.
FILMOGRAFIA
Lebenszeichen (Segni di vita, 1968), Fata Morgana (id., 1971), Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (Paese del silenzio e dell’oscurità, doc, 1971), Aguirre, der Zom Gottes (Aguirre, furore di Dio, 1972), Jeder für und Gott gegen alle (L'enigma di Kaspar Hauser, 1974), Herz aus Glas (Cuore di vetro, 1976), Stroszek (La ballata di Stroszek, 1977), Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu, principe della notte, 1979), Woyzeck (id., 1979), Fitzcarraldo (id., 1982), Lektionen in Finsternis (Apocalisse nel deserto, mm, doc., 1992), The White Diamond (Il diamante bianco, doc, 2004), Grizzly Man (id., doc, 2005), The Wild Blue Yonder (L’ignoto spazio profondo, doc, 2005), Encounters at the End of the World (id., doc, 2007), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (id., 2009), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (id., 2010), Into the Abyss - A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life (doc., 2011), Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (Lo and Behold, doc, 2016), Queen of the Desert (2015), Into the Inferno (Dentro l’inferno, doc., 2016), Salt and Fire (2016), Family Romance, LLC (2019), Meeting Gorbachev (Herzog incontra Gorbaciov, 2018), Nomad: in the Foosteps of Bruce Chatwin (Nomad - In cammino con Bruce Chatwin, 2019), Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (Fireball - Messaggeri dalle stelle, 2020), The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (doc, 2022).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, produttore/director, story, screenplay, producer
Werner Herzog
fotografia/cinematography
Thomas Mauch
montaggio/film editing
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
musica/music
Chet Atkins, Sonny Terry
suono/sound
Haymo Heyder, Peter van Anft
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Bruno S. (Bruno Stroszek), Eva Mattes (Eva), Clemens Scheitz (Scheitz)
produzione/production
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Werner Herzog
fotografia/cinematography
Thomas Mauch
montaggio/film editing
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
musica/music
Chet Atkins, Sonny Terry
suono/sound
Haymo Heyder, Peter van Anft
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Bruno S. (Bruno Stroszek), Eva Mattes (Eva), Clemens Scheitz (Scheitz)
produzione/production
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
