Movie
Querelle
Overview
French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice with Nono, Lysiane's husband: if you win, you are allowed to make love with Lysiane; if you lose, you have to make love with Nono... Querelle loses on purpose.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-09-08
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Gaumont, Planet Film, Albatros Filmproduktion
- Country
- Germany, France
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brad Davis as Querelle
- Franco Nero as Lieutenant Seblon
- Jeanne Moreau as Lysiane
- Laurent Malet as Roger Bataille
- Hanno Pöschl as Robert / Gil
- Günther Kaufmann as Nono
- Burkhard Driest as Mario
- Roger Fritz as Marcellin
- Dieter Schidor as Vic Rivette
- Natja Brunckhorst as Paulette
- Robert van Ackeren as Drunk legionnaire
- Werner Asam as Worker
Crew
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Director
- Burkhard Driest - Screenplay
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Screenplay
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