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), Heart of Glass (1976) and Stroszek (1977).

Original title:

Bruno der Schwarze - Es blies ein Jäger wohl in sein Horn

Release:

June 28, 1971

Original language:

German

Production country:

Germany

Producer company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

Lutz Eisholz

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