Stroszek

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. After they are harried and beaten by the thugs who have been Eva's pimps, they join Bruno's neighbour, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin. That winter on the barren prairie, Bruno works as a mechanic, Eva as a waitress. They buy a trailer. Then, bills mount, the bank threatens to repossess the trailer, Eva wants privacy, and the promise of a happy life deserts Bruno. Camera, Thomas Mauch ; editor, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus ; music, Chet Atkins, Sonny Terry. Performed by: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Vaclav Vojta. A videodisc release of the motion picture originally produced in 1977. In German and English with optional English subtitles

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. After they are harried and beaten by the thugs who have been Eva's pimps, they join Bruno's neighbour, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin. That winter on the barren prairie, Bruno works as a mechanic, Eva as a waitress. They buy a trailer. Then, bills mount, the bank threatens to repossess the trailer, Eva wants privacy, and the promise of a happy life deserts Bruno. Camera, Thomas Mauch ; editor, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus ; music, Chet Atkins, Sonny Terry. Performed by: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Vaclav Vojta. A videodisc release of the motion picture originally produced in 1977. In German and English with optional English subtitles