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Stroszek

A Ballad

1977 · 1h 48m · Not Rated Drama
Directed by Werner Herzog

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Overview

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.

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95%
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Among other things, Mr. Herzog visually dazzles us while he's pulling the rug from under our feet.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh

We watch with a kind of fascination, because Herzog cuts loose from narrative and follows his characters through the relentless logic of their adventure.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

Stroszek is part moral tale and part absurdist comedy.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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