Querelle (1983)

  • R
  • 04/29/1983 (US)
  • Drama, Fantasy
  • 1h 48m

It will take you into a surreal world of passion and sexuality, further than most would dare to go.

Overview

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.

Burkhard Driest

Screenplay

Jean Genet

Novel

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Brad Davis's headshot

Brad Davis

Querelle
Franco Nero's headshot

Franco Nero

Lieutenant Seblon
Jeanne Moreau's headshot

Jeanne Moreau

Lysiane
Laurent Malet's headshot

Laurent Malet

Roger Bataille
Hanno Pöschl's headshot

Hanno Pöschl

Robert / Gil
Günther Kaufmann's headshot

Günther Kaufmann

Nono
Burkhard Driest's headshot

Burkhard Driest

Mario
Roger Fritz's headshot

Roger Fritz

Marcellin

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