Movie: "Querelle"

Release Date: Apr 1983 Genre: Drama Awards: 3 nominations Runtime: 108 min Cast: Brad Davis (Querelle) Franco Nero (Lieutenant Seblon) Jeanne Moreau (Lysiane) Laurent Malet (Roger Bataille) Hanno Pöschl (Robert / Gil) Günther Kaufmann (Nono) Burkhard Driest (Mario) Roger Fritz (Marcellin) Dieter Schidor (Vic Rivette) Natja Brunckhorst (Paulette) Robert van Ackeren (Betrunkener Legionär) Werner Asam (Arbeiter) Isolde Barth (Mädchen) Axel Bauer (Arbeiter) Neil Bell (Theo) Gilles Gavois (Matrose) Wolf Gremm (Betrunkener Legionär) Karl-Heinz von Hassel (Arbeiter) Y Sa Lo (Mädchen) Michael McLernon (Matrose) Frank Ripploh (Betrunkener Legionär) Karl Scheydt (Matrose) Vitus Zeplichal (Arbeiter) Isa Jank ()

Storyline

French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice with Nono, Lysiane's husband : if you win, you are allowed to make love with Lysiane, if you lose, you have to make love with Nono... Querelle loses on purpose...