Stroszek (1977)
"A Ballad"
ThumbScore
👍 83%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 95%
(RT: 95%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Bruno S. as Bruno Stroszek
Clemens Scheitz as Scheitz
Wilhelm von Homburg as Souteneur
Burkhard Driest as Pimp #2
Clayton Szalpinski as Mechanic
Ely Rodriguez as Mechanic's Assistant
Alfred Edel as Prison Warden
Is Stroszek good?
Most people think so. 83% audience score, estimated from 316 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 95%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
