It will take you into a surreal world of passion and sexuality, further than most would dare to go.
Querelle
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Trailer
Official Trailer · plays on YouTube
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Written by
- Burkhard Driest, Jean Genet, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
Brad Davis
Querelle
Franco Nero
Lieutenant Seblon
Jeanne Moreau
Lysiane
Laurent Malet
Roger Bataille
Hanno Pöschl
Robert / Gil
Günther Kaufmann
Nono
Burkhard Driest
Mario
Roger Fritz
Marcellin
Dieter Schidor
Vic Rivette
Natja Brunckhorst
Paulette
Robert van Ackeren
Drunk legionnaire
Werner Asam
Worker
Isolde Barth
Girl
Axel Bauer
Worker
Neil Bell
Theo
Gilles Gavois
Sailor
Details
- Released
- September 8, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- Germany, France
- Budget
- $1,600,000
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