Bruno the Black One Day a Hunter Blew His Horn

Lutz Eisholzs first feature film was produced at West Berlins 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 Brunos 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 selftaught 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 Brunos potential and hired him to play starring roles in The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974 Heart of Glass 1976 and Stroszek 1977