Bruno the Black - One Day a Hunter Blew His Horn

The story

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).

Cast & crew

Bruno S.Cast

Roland Neumann

Roland NeumannCast

Lotte Pause

Lotte PauseCast

Elisabeth Sauer

Elisabeth SauerCast

Rolf Sauer

Rolf SauerCast

Anja Schwerk

Anja SchwerkCast