Querelle [Blu-ray]

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Overview

Based on the novel by Jean Genet, this dark, highly symbolic drama presents a portrait of Querelle, an arrogant young sailor and opium smuggler. While in dock for an extended period of time, he becomes involved in the surrounding town's seedy underworld, particularly the owners of a local brothel.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2014
UPC:	5021866085401
Original Release:	1982
Source:	SUPER D INDEPENDENT DIST.
Language:	English
Sales rank:	23,153

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brad Davis	Querelle
Franco Nero	Lieutenant Seblon
Jeanne Moreau	Lysiane
Laurent Malet	Roger Bataille
Nadja Brunkhorst	Paulette
Hanno Poschl	Robert/Gil
Gunther Kaufmann	Nono
Burkhard Driest	Mario,Mario
Dieter Schidor	Vic
Roger Fritz	Marcellin
Michael McLernon	Sailor
Neil Bell	Theo
Harry Baer	Armenian
Volker Spengler	Armenian
Isolde Barth	Young Woman
Y Sa Lo	Young Woman
Robert van Ackeren	Drunk Soldier
Wolf Gremm	Drunk Soldier
Frank Ripploh	Drunk Soldier
Rainer Will	Dede
Gillis Gavois	Sailor
Karl Scheydt	Sailor
Werner Asam	Worker
Axel Bauer	Worker
Vitus Zeplichal	Worker
Karl-Heinz von Hassel	Worker
Rainer Fassbinder	Actor
Peer Raben	Composer

Technical Credits

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Burkhardt Driest

Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Director,Screenwriter
Michael McLernon	Executive Producer
Dieter Schidor	Producer
Burkhardt Driest	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Sam Waynberg	Producer
Hartmut Eichgruen	Sound/Sound Designer
Vladimir Vizner	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Arguably one of his best and most interesting features, though not one of the most celebrated...