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Bruno the Black - One Day a Hunter Blew His Horn 1971 Directed by Lutz Eisholz Bruno der Schwarze - Es blies ein Jäger wohl in sein Horn

Lutz Eisholz’s first feature film was produced at West Berlin’s German Film and TV Academy. In an experimental documentary he portrays the working class outcast Bruno S., who prowls the city as a street musician, performing his own songs. The film unfolds Bruno’s story: abandoned by his mother as a child, he was maltreated in correctional institutions in Nazi Germany. On release after WWII he found work but started performing at the same time as a self-taught musician and poet. Although incapable of “normal” human bonding, he was still able to rejoice in life. When Werner Herzog saw this film he recognized Bruno’s potential and hired him to play starring roles in The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and Stroszek (1977).

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Release Date 28 June 1971
84 mins