Italy / Aug 31, 1982 / Venice Film Festival
It will take you into a surreal world of passion and sexuality, further than most would dare to go.
1h 49min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Wolf Gremm | Drunk legionnaire |
| Karl-Heinz von Hassel | Worker |
| Y Sa Lo | Girl |
| Michael McLernon | Sailor |
| Frank Ripploh | Drunk legionnaire |
| Karl Scheydt | Sailor |
| Vitus Zeplichal | Worker |
| Isa Jank |
Genres
DramaCrime
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Querelle |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch, English |
| Production countries | Germany, France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Gaumont, Planet Film, Albatros Filmproduktion |
| Release date | 8 settembre 1982 |
| Executive producer | Michael McLernon |
| Production | Sam Waynberg, Burkhard Driest, Dieter Schidor |
| Writer | Burkhard Driest, Jean Genet, Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Editing | Juliane Lorenz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Galip Iyitanir, Stephan Beckers |
| Cinematography | Josef Vavra, Xaver Schwarzenberger, Michael Stöger, Roger Fritz, Ernst Simoneit, Olaf Knispl, Ingo Klein, Wolfgang Geier |
| Assistant directors | Harry Baer, Karin Viesel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Lighting | Eckard Knuth, Ekkehard Heinrich, Siegmar Brüggenthies, Wolfgang Kluge, Wolfgang Geier |
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Release dates
Premiere
United States / Oct 01, 1982 / Chicago International Film Festival
Germany / Feb 01, 1983 / Berlin International Film Festival
Portugal / Sep 09, 1983 / Figueria Da Foz Film Festival
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Uruguay / Oct 03, 1991 / Cinemateca Uruguaya
Poland / Jul 30, 2005 / ERA New Horizons Film Festival
France / Sep 05, 2009 / L'Etrange Festival
Serbia / Mar 06, 2014 / Belgrade Film Festival
Finland / Jul 19, 2021 / Midnight Sun Film Festival
Australia / Aug 07, 2023 / Melbourne International Film Festival
Limited release
Canada / Sep 08, 1982 / R
Sweden / Sep 08, 1982 / 15
United States / Apr 29, 1983 / R / New York City, New York
Portugal / Feb 02, 1984 / Porto
Theatrical release
France / Sep 08, 1982 / 12
Germany / Sep 16, 1982 / 18
Netherlands / Nov 04, 1982 / 16
Spain / Nov 26, 1982 / 18
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Finland / Aug 05, 1983
Denmark / Oct 14, 1983
Portugal / Oct 21, 1983
Sweden / Feb 17, 1984
Japan / May 20, 1985
Argentina / Aug 22, 1985
Greece / Mar 04, 2005 / Re-Release
Physical media
Czechia / Aug 01, 1993
Brazil / Mar 10, 2014 / DVD
United Kingdom / Mar 10, 2014 / Artificial Eye Blu-Ray
United States / Jun 11, 2024 / Criterion Collection Blu-Ray and DVD Release
TV
Sweden / Nov 03, 1990
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