Stroszek (1977)

A Ballad

115 min★ 7.7 · 16,819 votes

• Comedy
• Drama

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.

Release date

May 20, 1977

Country of origin

Germany